Understanding Juneteenth Celebrations

What is Juneteenth also known as?

• Independence Day

• Juneteenth National Independence Day

• Freedom Day

• Emancipation Day

On what date is Juneteenth celebrated every year?

• July 4th

• January 1st

• June 19th

• December 25th

Who made the important announcement in Texas that enslaved people were free?

• President Abraham Lincoln

• Major General Gordon Granger

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

How long after the Emancipation Proclamation did Major General Gordon Granger make his announcement in Texas?

• 1 year

• 6 months

• 2 and a half years

• 5 years

The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on (a)  

• July 4, 1776
• December 6, 1865
• January 1, 1863
• April 9, 1865

Match the following states with their historical events.

• Site of the first European settlement in the continental U.S.

• New York

• Gold Rush of 1849

• California

• First celebrations of Juneteenth

• Texas

• First capital of the United States

• Florida

(a)   helped organize the first Juneteenth celebrations.

• The Red Cross
• The Freedmen's Bureau and Christian
• The United Nations
• The American Red Cross

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To help enslaved people escape

• To assist formerly enslaved people after the Civil War

• To organize protests

• To write new laws

What does the name "Juneteenth" combine?

• June and nineteenth

• July and tenth

• January and tenth

• June and tenth

What significant event does Juneteenth commemorate?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The end of the Civil War

• The end of slavery in the United States

• The beginning of the Civil Rights Movement