Years
When did the US declare itself independent from British rule?
1776
June 19th is when the news of emancipation reached which city?
Galveston, Texas
What document freed enslaved people in the Confederate States?
Emancipation Proclamation
What major issue caused the Civil War?
Slavery
Where was the first Juneteenth celebration?
Texas
Which year did Juneteenth become a federal holiday in the US?
2021
Which part of the US panicked when Lincoln was elected in 1860?
Southern States
What date did the Emancipation Proclamation go into effect?
January 1, 1863
What is at least one way that enslaved people resisted?
by escaping, breaking tools, and staging rebellions
What is the word Juneteenth a combination of?
June + Nineteenth
What year was the 13th Amendment adopted?
1865
What is the name of the park in Houston, Texas that was purchased by freed people to celebrate Juneteenth?
Emancipation Park
Which army went to Galveston, Texas to tell enslaved people they were freed two years after the Emancipation Proclamation?
Union Troops
How many of the first 12 US Presidents enslaved people?
10
Where did the first Juneteenth celebrations took place?
Backyards, churches
What date was Juneteenth first celebrated?
1866
Where was Charlotte Brooks when she overheard that slavery had been abolished in Texas?
Kitchen
Confederate States need to do, if they did not want to follow the Emancipation Proclamation?
Rejoin the Union (United States)
In what year did the US federal government ban the import of enslaved African people?
1808
By 2019, how many states celebrated Juneteenth?
45
Which year was Juneteenth declared a state holiday in Texas?
1980
Which states abolished slavery during the America Revolution?
Vermont and Massachusetts
Which four states were not mentioned in the Emancipation Proclamation, despite keeping slavery legal?
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
How many enslaved people were freed when President Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington DC during the Civil War?
More than 3,000
Why was/is celebrating emancipation important?
Act of resistance