Thanksgiving: A Day of Mourning

Who declared the first Thanksgiving national holiday?

• President Lincoln

• Sohla El-Waylly

• President Washington

• Sarah Josepha Hale

When did Lincoln make Thanksgiving an annual national holiday?

• 300 miles

• 1621

• 1789

• 1863

What did Lincoln hope for when he made Thanksgiving a national holiday?

• To unite the country

• To celebrate the first Thanksgiving

• To honor the Wampanoag people

• To change the perspective on the war

What did Lincoln's proclamation for Thanksgiving not acknowledge?

• The Civil War

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Wampanoag people's contribution

• The first Thanksgiving

How did Lincoln treat native peoples?

• As friends

• As equal partners

• As allies

• As obstacles to westward expansion

What acts took lands from native tribes and gave them to settlers and railway companies?

• Homestead Act and Pacific Railway Act of 1862

• Battle of Gettysburg and Dakota uprising

• Hanging of Dakota Sioux men

• Massacre of Arapaho and Cheyenne

How many Navajo people were forced to march over 300 miles to relocate?

• 10,000

• 20

• 200

• 300

What was the largest public execution in US history?

• Plague in Patuxet

• Hanging of 38 Dakota Sioux men

• Massacre of Arapaho and Cheyenne

• Kidnapping of Wampanoag men

Why is Thanksgiving considered a national day of mourning for many native peoples?

• Because of the Civil War

• Because of the Battle of Gettysburg

• Because of the hanging of Dakota Sioux men

• Because of the historical treatment of native peoples

What dish are they attempting to recreate in the episode?

• Stuffed turkey

• Cranberry sauce

• Stuffing

• Stuffed duck with corn porridge