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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Whiteheads sold the land that became Seneca Village, what did a Black shoe shiner named Andrew Williams pay for three plots of land?

2. When was Mr. Richard Poplar, a Black gentleman, said to have joined the Susex Dragoons?

3. When did the myth of Black Confederate soldiers emerge?

4. By 1860, what was the value of the nearly four million enslaved people valued at?

5. After Smith's first visit to Blandford, where did he drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the power of the Emancipation Proclamation, and what power did it have?

2. What did Smith write about the stories told about history at the end of the chapter about Blandford Cemetery?

3. Why did Al Edwards Sr. work to make Juneteenth a Texas state holiday?

4. When was slavery introduced to Manhattan and when was it abolished in New York State?

5. What did Lee write to his wife in 1856 about slavery?

6. What myth tells a story about General Gordon Granger?

7. What education project was the UDC involved in?

8. What is Emancipation Park in Houston?

9. What is the history of the Black National Anthem?

10. What did Heidi Christensen say about the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe people in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe individuals, places, and things. How does Smith use imagery to help readers imagine the places he visits in How The Word Is Passed?

Essay Topic 2

Historic integrity determines the ability of a site to convey its significance. Why is there controversy regarding the historical integrity of the Whitney Plantation?

Essay Topic 3

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not help the formerly enslaved to make the transformation to freedom?

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