WorksheetsBHAP Mid-Year Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
Back in September, Dr. Arenson introduced us to this historic park which is a gravesite of enslaved persons in the Bronx. As recent as November 30, this park is now an approved NYC Landmark!
Joseph Rodman Drake Park
Crotona Park
Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park
Franz Sigel Park
True or False: The Van Cortlandt House (located on Van Cortlandt Park land) has a unmarked burial ground for its enslaved inhabitants.
True
False
This park is the largest in the Bronx. It's the home of Orchard Beach.
Prospect Park
Pelham Bay Park
Bronx River Park
Crotona Park
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In the colonial period, up to ____ of Manhattan's working population was enslaved.
2%
10%
20%
33%
While there were many distinct groups that lived in the NY region prior to European settlement, the largest and best-known group was the
(a)
In 1639, this Swedish explorer built a farm close to what is now Willis Ave and 132nd St in the South Bronx. He helped foster peace between the Dutch and Lenape.
Jonas Bronck
Henry Hudson
William Morris
Thomas Pell
What controversial historical figure, credited for creating an area of six parks in the Bronx, played a role in instigating the New York City draft riots, leading to violence and the burning of an orphanage, black apartments, and black churches?
Frederick Law Olmstead
Franklin Edson
John Mullaly
Chauncey Young
Aquaghong is the indigenous name for this river.
The Harlem River
The Bronx River
The Hudson River
The East River
Why did John Mullaly advocate for the establishment of parkland in the Bronx, specifically Van Cortlandt Park?
To create a botanical garden
To preserve the natural topography of the already wild and pristine Van Cortlandt area
To build the first public municipal golf course
To establish a memorial cairn for Chief Daniel Nimham
What historical event is commemorated by the cairn of stones dedicated by The Bronx Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Van Cortlandt Park in 1906?
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Battle of Gettysburg
The end of World War I
The slaying of Chief Daniel Nimham and other Stockbridge Indians during the Revolutionary War
What led to the discovery of the Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground?
A recent archaeological excavation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The efforts of students and teachers at PS 48 who found an old photograph from 1910.
An announcement from the United States Department of Agriculture in 2013.
A documentary released by the Museum of the City of New York in 2010.
How were the burials of enslaved Africans at the Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground marked?
Elaborate mausoleums.
Simple gravestones.
Metal plaques with inscriptions.
No markings were used.
