Let's Celebrate
Juneteenth has been adopted as a holiday to celebrate this.
What is emancipation?
After this war ended, an order stated the end of enslavement in the United States
What is the Civil War
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln and certain members of this legislative branch, wanted to end enslavement in U.S Territories
What is Congress
How many states observe Juneteenth as a holiday?
What is 47
This President signed the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The design of the Juneteenth flag was first drafted in this year
What was 1997
During celebrations "fireworks" would be set off... trees would be filled with this substance and set on fire.
What was gun powder?
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"All slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal ____ and ____ of property between former masters and slaves..."
What are "rights"
After Lincoln's election, this many slave-holding states declared secession and formed the Confederacy
What is 7
This bureau was established by the War Department to aid in the relief effort and social reconstruction, including citizenship, to freed people.
What is the Freedom Bureau
This Confederate general surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865
Who was General Robert E. Lee
The Juneteenth flag is made up of these three colors, also included on the official flag of the United States
What are red, white, and blue
Celebrations began in this state
What is Texas
A group of enslaved people living in this Texas city rejoiced on June 19, 1865.
What is Galveston
This Act of 1862 was passed by the U.s Congress and authorized Union troops to seize any and all Confederate property
What is the Confiscation Act of 1862
This set of laws were created to stop Black people from voting
What were the Jim Crow laws
This President was Lincoln's successor and the figure who formally declared the Civil War over
Who was President Andrew Johnson
A single star is included in the middle of the Juneteenth flag, representing the "lone star" in this pivotal U.S state
What is Texas
Celebrations moved to neighboring states as Texans moved in search of a better life in this state.
What is California
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the Civil War did not officially end until this year.
What is 1866
After the Emancipation Proclamation was revealed, enslaved people in these locations were not freed in order to keep the favor of the Union
What are the border states
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in this year
2021
After the Civil War ended, this Union general traveled to Texas to issue the order stating the end on enslavement in the United States
Who was Union Major General Gordon Granger
The star on the Juneteenth flag is surrounded by a border that is symbolic of "bursting with new ___" this synonym to liberty
What is Freedom
Celebrations declined in the 1940s due to this event
What is WWII
On January 1 of this year, Juneteenth became an official Texas state holiday
What is 1980
In 1864, the Senate passed this amendment to free more people
what is the 13th amendment
Leaving out important events from history books, pulling books out of libraries, and banning literature are forms of this practice or filtering by schools/Government
what is censoring/censorship
In 1937, this formerly enslaved man recalled the first Juneteenth
Who was Pierce Harper
Blue is above red on the Juneteenth flag to represent the ground soaked in this
What is blood