Juneteenth Celebration

How long after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation did the enslaved people of Texas learn that they were free?

• 4 years

• 3 and a half years

• 11 months

• 2 and a half years

Approximately how many enslaved people were there in Texas?

• 200,000

• 250,000

• 300,000

• 350,000

What is NOT another name that Juneteenth has been referred to as?

• Liberation Day

• Freedom Day

• Cel-Liberation Day

• Jubilee Day

What city in Texas was it announced that enslaved people were now free?

• College Station

• Beaumont

• Galveston

• Corpus Cristi

Texas was the first state to declare Juneteenth a holiday. What year did this occur?

• 1967

• 1977

• 1979

• 1981

As a senator, Barack Obama, co-sponsored legislation to make Juneteenth a national holiday.

• True

• False

Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas was bought specifically to celebrate Juneteenth

• True

• False

The star on the Juneteenth flag only represents Texas.

• True

• False

What was the name of the General who came to Galveston to deliver the message that all enslaved people were free?

• General Gordon Granger

• General George Galveston

• General Gary Granger

• General George Goode

What was the number of the order that General Gordon Granger read?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4