The History of Thanksgiving

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What do you know about the first Thanksgiving?

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Who wanted freedom of religion?

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• both
• neither

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Who were also known as Separatists? 

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• both
• neither

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Who sailed on The Mayflower?

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• both
• neither

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Which ocean did the pilgrims cross?

• The Pacific
• The Arctic
• The Atlantic

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Who established Plymouth Colony in 1620?

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• both
• neither

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Who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• both
• neither

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Before the Pilgrims got to the New World, who was already living there?

• Wampanoags
• Massachusetts
• Christopher Columbus
• Miles Standish

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How did Squanto help the Pilgrims?

• He taught them how to plant corn
• He taught them how to fish
• He taught them how to build houses
• All of these

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Who made up rules of self-government? 

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• both
• neither

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Who were at the First Thanksgiving?

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• both
• neither

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The first Thanksgiving celebration in the United States was in:

• 1534

• 1621

• 1712

• 1776

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What food was likely NOT served at the first Thanksgiving?

• venison (deer)

• pie

• corn

• swan

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how long did the first thanksgiving celebration last

• 1 day
• 2 days
• 3 days
• 4 days

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Which president was the first to establish Thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to be held the 4th Thursday in November

• Abraham Lincoln
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams

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Which president was the first to 'pardon' a turkey?

• Harry Truman

• Bill Clinton

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Richard Nixon

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What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?

• Wishbone in the neck
• Thigh bone
• Collar bone
• Drumstick

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What are male turkeys called?

• toms
• bobs
• harrys

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In what year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving parade take place?

• 1950
• 1909
• 1924
• 1971

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The longest balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is:

• Spiderman
• Superman
• Wonder Woman
• Barney the Dinosaur

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TV dinners were created as the result of a 26 ton turkey surplus.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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Black Friday is the busiest day for plumbers.

• True
• False

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What is one of your Thanksgiving traditions?