Dates/Years
Juneteenth was created on this date
What is June 19, 1865?
What is Texas?
This president played an important role in ending slavery
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This amendment was put in place to abolish slavery
Name two additional names for Juneteenth
Freedom Day, Black Independency Day, Jubilee Day
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in what year?
What is 2021?
This was the last state to abolish slavery in 1865
(*HINT* State is in the Southeast)
What is Mississippi?
Who is referred to as the 'Moses' of freeing the slaves?
Who is Harriett Tubman?
What % of black men of the Union Army served as soldiers in the U.S Army in the American Civil War?
What is 10%?
The name of the slave who held a rebellion called the Southhampton Insurrection and afterwards hung.
Who is Nat Turner?
The first Juneteenth celebration was held during this year (1865, 1866, 1867)
What is 1866?
What state was created during the Civil War?
What is West Virginia?
The former slave who founded the antislavery newspaper called the 'The North Star'
Frederick Douglas?
What was the last northern state to end slavery?
New Jersey?
What shape represents the Juneteenth flag?
What is a star?
What year was the Juneteenth Flag Created
(1997, 2007, 2017)?
What is 1997
What is Kentucky?
The first captives brought to America for slavery were brought to which colony?
What is Jamestown?
This order would attempt to allocate what is commonly known as "40 acres and a mule" to freedman following their emancipation
What is Special Field Order No. 15?
To date, Juneteenth has been celebrated/recognized for this long
What is 153 years?
In what year were the last slaves freed due to resistance by the slave owners (1867, 1868, 1869)?
What is 1868?
What was the first state to abolish slavery?
Vermont in 1777
This general is famous for his announcement of "All slaves are free..."
Who is General Gordon Granger?
This Branch of Congress rejected The National Juneteenth Observance Foundation legislation to have June 19th designated as Juneteenth Independence Day
What is the Senate?
This color of soda pop has become closely associated with Juneteenth celebrations
What is red?