History of Thanksgiving 2017

Squanto taught the Pilgrims, weakened by malnutrition and illness, how to cultivate _______, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers and avoid poisonous plants.

• corn
• tomatoes
• potatoes
• beans

Squanto helped the settlers forge an alliance with the ____________, a local tribe, which would endure for more than 50 years

• Wampanoag
• Abenaki 
• Pawtuxet 
• Huron

In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of  Native American allies. Now remembered as American’s “first Thanksgiving” the festival lasted for _____________ days. 

• three
• four
• one
• two

Lobster, ___________, and swans were on the Pilgrims' menu.

• seal
• turkey
• ham
• hamburgers

_____________ issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation by the national government of the United States

• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Jefferson
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

In 1817, ____________ became the first of several states to officially adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday

• New York
• Massachusetts
• Ohio
• Virginia

Which president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November?

• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Thomas Jefferson

What percentage of Americans eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

• 90%
• 70%
• 80%
• 100%

Beginning in the mid-20th century and perhaps even earlier, the president of the United States has “_____________” one or two Thanksgiving turkeys each year.

• pardoned
• hunted
• bowled with

What gift did the Native Americans bring to the "first" Thanksgiving?

• 5 deer
• 5 salmon
• 5 bushels of corn