Labor Day 6th Grade

Why do we celebrate Labor Day?

• to honor workers and recognize their contributions to society

• Celebrate the birth of a child

• to honor m&m's

• to honor veterans

When is Labor Day celebrated in the United States and Canada?

• First Monday in May

• First Monday in September

• December 25

• January 1

What month do other countries besides the United States and Canada celebrate Labor Day?

• October

• February

• May

• August

Who is given credit in the United States for the idea of Labor Day?

• Edgar Allen

• Abraham Lincoln

• Donald Duck

• Peter J. McGuire

In what year did Peter J. McGuire suggest to the Central Labor Union of New York that there be a celebration honoring American workers?

• 1882

• 2017

• 2025

• 1992

McGuire stated that the day of the parade had no significance to the date, and McGuire said that it was chosen because...

• between Christmas and Easter

• it falls roughly halfway between the 4th of July holiday and Thanksgiving

• Halfway between Halloween and Christmas

What state in the United became the first state in 1887 to grant legal status to the holiday

• Texas

• California

• Oregon

• Florida

The following states established the same holiday in 1887, but celebrated it in the first Monday in September

• Colorado

• New York

• Massachusetts

• New Jersey

In 1894 after the Pullman Strike in Illinois, as well as a series of unemployed workers's riots in May Day in Cleveland prompted what U.S. President to propose a bill that would make Labor Day a national public holiday?

• Bill Clinton

• Ronald Reagon

• Grover Cleveland

• John F. Kennedy

Over the years, in the United Sates, the significance of Labor Day in the United States changed, what did it become a time for:

• Family get together's

• Parades

• Speeches