Dates/Years
Juneteenth was created on this date
What is June 19, 1865?
Juneteenth is the official state holiday of this state
What is Texas?
This president played an important role in ending slavery
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is the name of the official announcement that was made to the slaves on Juneteenth
What is General Order #3?
A celebration of freedom... an American holiday that commemorates abolition of slavery in the United States
What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth became a National Holiday on this date
What is yesterday? (Thursday, June 17, 2021) It was signed into law by President Biden.
This was the last state to abolish slavery in 1865
What is Mississippi?
The largest Juneteenth celebration is held at this location
What is Booker T. Washington National Park in Virginia? https://home.nps.gov/articles/juneteenth-origins.htm
This amendment to the U. S. Constitution was put in place in 1865 to abolish slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
Another name for Juneteenth?
What is Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, or Black Independence Day?
The first Juneteenth celebration was held during this year
What is 1866?
This state represents the location where Juneteenth originated
What is the state of Texas?
This individual led the effort to make Juneteenth the official state holiday in Texas
Who is Al Edwards?
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued during this year
What is 1862?
The colors being red, white and blue represent this flag (white star in the middle)
What is the Juneteenth flag?
During this year, a group of former slaves pooled $800 together through local churches to purchase ten acres of land and create Emancipation Park to host Juneteenth celebrations in Houston, Texas
a.) 1870
b.) 1776
c.) 1492
d.) 1954
What is 1870?
This state was the only state not to have recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday up until President Biden declared it a national holiday
What is South Dakota?
This is the historic location where the order announcing the end of slavery was read
What is Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas?
This order would attempt to allocate what is commonly known as "40 acres and a mule" to freedman following their emancipation
a.) Special Field Order 15
b.) The 40 Acres and a Mule Order
c.) The Emancipation Proclamation
d.) The Federalist Papers
What is Special Field Order No. 15? Military orders issued during the American Civil War, on January 16, 1865, by General William Tecumseh Sherman, that provided for the confiscation of 400,000 acres of land along the Atlantic coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and the dividing of it into parcels of 40 acres on which were to be settled by approximately 18,000 formerly enslaved families and other black people then living in the area.
To date, Juneteenth has been celebrated/recognized for this long
What is 155 years?
According to the 1860 census, this percentage of the population represented the approximate number of slaves throughout the United States
a.) 10%
b.) 12%
c.) 15%
d.) 40%
What is 12%?
Which state became the 49th state to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday (the day before it became a national holiday
What is Hawaii?
This general is famous for his announcement of "All slaves are free..."
Who is General Gordon Granger?
This Branch of Congress last year rejected The National Juneteenth Observance Foundation legislation to have June 19th designated as Juneteenth Independence Day
What is the Senate? An attempt to pass the bill last year failed after Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, objected.
This color of soda has become closely associated with Juneteenth celebrations
What is red?