Juneteenth 1
June teenth is a new holiday for what reason?
End of slavery
What recent year was June teenth made a federal holiday?
2021
What food is traditionally eaten at a Juneteenth celebration?
Barbecue, red foods like watermelon and red velvet cake, also common south food like collard greens, black-eyed peas and cornbread.
Which two red flowers represents Juneteenth?
Roses and poppies
What was the name of most of the fields that slaves worked on?
Starts with P
Plantations
What year did this take place for peoples freedom?
June 19th 1865
What president signed it in to law?
Joe Biden
What is the color of the drink of Juneteenth?
Traditional drink?
Red drink
Which soda is associated with Juneteenth?
Strawberry soda
Did Japan have black slaves?
True or False
True
What state was one of the first to hear about their freedom?
Texas
Juneteenth became what number of a federal holiday in this country?
hint low number
12th
What colors to wear to celebrate Juneteenth?
Red, black and green
Red-for the bloodshed for freedom.
black-for the people
green-for the land
What was the exact date that slavery offically ended?
December 6th 1865
Most plantations were clustered along a stretch of what forms river and state?
Mississippi river in Louisiana
What culture wear the people who got their freedom?
African Americans
Which president back in to the 1800's started the end of slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
Who is called the grandmother of Juneteenth?
Opal Lee led the push to make it a federal holiday.
Were there white slaves in the U.S.?
Yes or No
Yes
Did slaves marry in virginia back then?
True or False
Where there interracial marriages back then?
False
No
Was slavery hundreds of years old?
True or False
True
Did slavery actually end on the date of Juneteenth?
yes or no
No
What is one of the traditional red fruit people eat on this holiday?
Strawberries
Is there a country in the world that never had slavery?
yes or No
No
What did slaves farm the most?
Number 1- Cotton
also rice, corn, sugarcane and tobacco