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THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving tradition

What is Thanksgiving?

• Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2020 occurs on Thursday, November 26. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

Multiple Choice

What year was the celebration that is most commonly considered to be the first Thanksgiving?

• 1621

• 1622

• 1620

• 1624

Multiple Choice

2. How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?

• 1 day

• 2 days

• 3 days

• 4 days

Multiple Choice

3. When the religious group that would later be known as the Pilgrims left England to practice their religion freely, where did they go?

• Louvre, France

• Leiden, Holland

• Lublin, Poland

• Langen, Hesse

Multiple Choice

4. Under which president did Thanksgiving become an annual holiday?

• George Bush

• Donald Trump

• Ronald Reagan

• Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

5.What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey?

• A snood

• A scarf

• A sweater

• A suit

Multiple Choice

6. Thanksgiving in the USA is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, but when is Canada’s Thanksgiving?

• The first Monday of November

• The third Tuesday of December

• The second Monday of October

• The first Wednesday of September