Basics 1
June and nineteenth
Which two words is Juneteenth a combination of?
Texas
Where did the holiday originate?
A proclamation declaring that all slaves shall be free as of January 2, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Two and a half years later.
How long after the Emancipation Proclamation was this Juneteenth announcement made?
The 13th amendment.
Which amendment in the US Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in America?
President Joe Biden
In 2021, who signed a bill making Juneteenth a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
Which US president signed the Emancipation Proclamation, putting an end to slavery?
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation after slavery ended.
What are the Jim Crow laws?
Why did it take so long for the Emancipation Proclamation to be enforced in Texas?
Jamestown
The first captives brought to America for slavery were brought to which colony?
The end of slavery in the United States.
What is the celebrated on Juneteenth?
Red, white, and blue.
What are the colors of the Juneteenth flag?
Approximately four million people.
The number of people who were enslaved.
The Reconstruction.
What is the time period after the Civil War called?
Martin Luther King Day in 1983.
Before President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a national holiday, what was the last national holiday to be made in the US?
The Civil War
What war brought the end to slavery?
Austin, Texas
In what city is the oldest Juneteenth celebration held?
Emancipation Park
More than 250,000
How many enslaved people were estimated to be living in Texas in 1865
Ralph Ellison
Who is the African American author of the novel, "Juneteenth"?
Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day
What are other names for Juneteenth?
The Underground Railroad
What is the name of the famous network of routes and safe houses that Harriet Tubman used to aid slaves escaping to free states?
A star
What symbol is on the Juneteenth flag?
Two thousand Union troops
What is the number of troops that accompanied General Gordon Granger to Texas to announce the freedom of the slaves?
Union General Gordon Granger
Which general announced that enslaved people in Texas were free?
Harriet Tubman
Who was known as the "Moses of her people?"
1862
In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
Texas (the Lone Star State), and the freedom of enslaved people in all 50 states.
What does the star on the Juneteenth flag represent?
The period that occurred after the announcement, when former slaves left Texas for other states?
What is "The Scatter?"
New Jersey
What was the last northern state to end slavery?