Trivia
How long was slavery present in the modern day United States?
Over two centuries
What state first celebrated Juneteenth? (Hint: The name of the first city to celebrate this holiday is called Galveston)
Texas
What year was President Abraham Lincoln voted into office?
1860
Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What two words make up the word "Juneteenth" and why?
June + Nineteenth
How many people were enslaved by the time Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860?
4 million
What was the Confederacy?
The southern states that withdrew form the Union?
What day and year were the last enslaved people liberated in Galveston, Texas?
June 19th, 1865
What was the name of the Confederate general that surrendered to the Union in 1865?
General Robert E. Lee
What was the 13th Amendment?
Ended slavery across the U.S. except as punishment for a crime.
What document announced freedom to all enslaved people in the Southern Confederate States?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What was the first place President Lincoln abolished slavery in? (Hint: this was before the Emancipation Proclamation and this is not technically a state)
Washington, D.C.
In what year did the federal government ban the import of enslaved African people?
1808
What was the name of the Union general that won the Civil War in 1865?
General Ulysses Grant
What year did Juneteenth become a federal holiday?
2021
What is an example of how enslaved people resisted before the Civil War?
Breaking tools, attempting/successfully escaping to free states, and staging rebellions
Which two states abolished slavery during the American Revolution, almost a hundred years before the American Civil War?
Vermont and Massachusetts
What day was the 13th Amendment passed by congress?
January 31st, 1865
Who was enslaved?
Black Americans and/or people of African descent
What does the word "abolition" mean?
To abolish, in this case legal slavery
What crop lead to the economic rise of America and the continuing practice of racialized slavery?
Cotton
Which states were not mentioned in the Emancipation Proclamation and still held 500,000 enslaved people by the time it was announced?
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware
What day were the last slaves freed in the border states?
December 6th, 1865
What was the name of the General that let enslaved people know they were free in Galveston, Texas?
General Gordon Granger
What flag is this?
Juneteenth flag