Juneteenth

What did Charlotte Brooks discover while hiding in the kitchen?

• A plan to escape

• A life-changing secret

• A new recipe

• A hidden treasure

How did enslaved people resist slavery?

• By moving to another country

• By escaping, breaking tools, and staging rebellions

• By working harder

• By cooperating with enslavers

Which states abolished slavery during the American Revolution?

• New York and New Jersey

• Vermont and Massachusetts

• California and Nevada

• Texas and Florida

What did the Emancipation Proclamation promise?

• Freedom to people in the border states

• Freedom to people in the Northern states

• Freedom to the 3.5 million people enslaved in Confederate states

• Freedom to all people in the United States

When did Juneteenth become a federal holiday?

• 1900

• 2000

• 1865

• 2021