How the Word Is Passed - New York City Quiz

What was the estimated number of enslaved people in New York City by the time of the American Revolution?

Question Answer Choices Approximately ten thousand. Approximately one thousand. Approximately three thousand. Approximately five thousand.

What was the estimated percentage of households in British Manhattan that owned slaves?

Question Answer Choices Twenty percent. Eighty percent. Forty percent. Sixty percent.

In what year did New York ban slavery within the state?

Question Answer Choices 1847. 1807. 1827. 1837.

Why did the mayor of New York City push for the state to secede from the Union during the Civil War?

Question Answer Choices Because he believed in states' rights over federal authority. Because he feared an invasion from the South. Because New York's economy was tightly intertwined with the raw exports from the Southern states. Because he wanted to support the Confederate cause.

What significant change was made to the original design of the Statue of Liberty?

Question Answer Choices The torch was replaced with a book. The robe was replaced with a dress. The broken chains in her left hand were replaced with a tablet. The crown was replaced with a hat.

What historical narrative does Smith push back against regarding New York's role in slavery?

Question Answer Choices That New York had no involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. That New York was primarily an agricultural state. That New York was a neutral state during the Civil War. That New York represents the 'good guys' because it banned slavery and fought on the right side of the Civil War.

What was the original purpose of the wall that gave its name to New York's Wall Street?

Question Answer Choices To mark the boundary of the Dutch colony. To prevent the escape of enslaved Africans. To serve as a trading post for merchants. To protect the Dutch from retaliatory attacks from Native American tribes.

What was the name of the community that was cleared to create Central Park?

Question Answer Choices Lenape Village. Greenwich Village. Seneca Village. Harlem Village.

What event led to the British taking over the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam?

Question Answer Choices The British successfully defeated the Dutch in 1664. The Dutch sold the colony to the British in 1670. The Dutch abandoned the colony due to Native American attacks in 1662. A treaty was signed between the Dutch and British in 1650.