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True or false: Union soldiers fought for the North
True
True or False: Juneteenth is on June 19th.
True
True or False: Enslaved people all across the South during the Civil War learned that they were free in 1863.
False. It took over two years for the Union soldiers to reach Texas to reach all the enslaved people with the message that they were free.
True or False: President Biden vetoed the law to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
False. Biden signed it into law in 2021
True or False: African Americans began celebrating Juneteenth in 2021
False: Juneteenth has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War.
What was the Great Migration?
When African Americans left the South and went North
What is the meaning of the word Inspires?
When someone inspires you, it makes you want to work toward a goal
What did President Abraham Lincoln sign in 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What did some slave owners do when they heard the news that Lincoln freed the slaves?
Some slave owners kept the news a secret from their slaves.
What does the year 1865 have to do with Juneteenth?
In 1875 the news that enslaved people were free finally reached across the United States
What happened in Texas on June 19th?
The Union Soldiers reached Galveston Texas with the news that Lincoln freed the slaves.
What was the last federal holiday before Juneteenth?
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Why isn’t Juneteenth celebrated only in the South?
In the great migration to the North, African Americans brought the celebration of Juneteenth with them.