BHAP Mid-Year Review

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