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What is Juneteenth?

  1. A summer festival
  2. Women’s suffrage in the USA
  3. A holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.
  4. An occasion to celebrate the month of June

3. A holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.

100

Is Juneteenth a federal holiday?

  1. Yes
  2. No

1. Yes

100

Which company added Juneteenth as an official holiday on its calendar app in 2018?

  1. Motorola
  2. Apple
  3. Google

2. Apple

100

What is the name of the sea journey taken by slave ships during the slave trade?

The Middle Passage

100

How many years after Juneteenth did the flag get created?

132 years

200

Juneteenth is a combination of the words “June” and “________”.

19

200

What is another name for Juneteenth?

  1. Summer Day
  2. Jubilee Day
  3. Freedom Day

2. Jubilee Day

200

What food people eat on juneteenth?

  1. Red Food
  2. Pumpkin
  3. Black Foood

1. Red Food

200

According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, how many Africans were brought to the New World during the slave trade?

12.5 million

200

In which U.S. city is “Emancipation Park” located?

Houston

300

What state was Juneteenth first celebrated in?

  1. South Dakota
  2. Georgia 
  3. Mississippi 
  4. Texas

4. Texas

300

In what year did Juneteenth officially become a Federal holiday?

  1. 2020
  2. 2021
  3. 1921
  4. 1989

2. 2021

300

What are the colors for Juneteenth flag?

  1. black, white, and blue
  2. red, white, and blue
  3. red, white, and grey

2. red, white, and blue

300

The first captives brought to America for slavery were brought to which colony?

Jamestown

300

In what year did Harriet Tubman escape and gain her own freedom from slavery?

1849

400

Which U.S. president finally brought an end to slavery?

  1. George Washington
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. Lyndon

2. Abraham Lincoln

400

In which Texas city did Gordon Granger announce the end of slavery?

  1. Galveston
  2. El Paso
  3. San Antonio

1. Galveston 

400

Who is the Boston-based illustrator who “fine-tuned” the original Juneteenth flag design and created the version we see today?

Lisa Jeanne Graf

400

What year is considered the start of slavery in the United States?

1619

400

What is the name of the famous network of routes and safe houses used to aid slaves in escaping to free states and countries?

The Underground Railroad

500

What was the name of the executive order that freed slaves in the U.S.?

  1. The Emancipation proclamation
  2. Bill of Rights
  3. The Emancipator’s Guidelines

3. The Emancipation proclamation

500

Which war prompted the end of slavery in the U.S.?

  1. The Revolutionary War
  2. The Civil War
  3. The Spanish-American war

2. The Civil War

500

How many slaves are estimated to have been led to freedom via the Underground Railroad?

100,000

500

How many states, out of the 36 in 1865, ratified the 13th Amendment?

27

500

Who is the famously known female abolitionist who is known for helping hundreds of slaves escape to freedom?

Harriet Tubman