Introduction of Juneteenth

Introduction of Juneteenth

8th Grade

8 Qs

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Introduction of Juneteenth

Introduction of Juneteenth

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Created by

Albert Duncan

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 13 pts

Why did it take so long for the news to reach Texas?

The President forgot to send the message.

Slave owners in Texas hid the news from enslaved people.

Texas was far from the Union Army, and there was a lack of communication.

Enslaved people refused to listen to the government.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 11 pts

What did General Order No. 3 declare?

It declared that enslaved people could now own land.

It declared that all enslaved people in Texas were now free.

It declared that enslaved people must continue working for free.

It declared that the Civil War was officially over.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 13 pts

Why was General Order No. 3 significant to enslaved people in Texas?

It officially ended slavery in the United States.

It confirmed that the Union Army won the Civil War.

It provided freedom to enslaved people who had not been informed of their freedom.

It forced slave owners to leave Texas.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 11 pts

According to General Order No. 3, what did it recommend newly freed people do?

Stay in their current homes and work for wages.

Leave their homes and move north.

Join the Union Army to fight for freedom.

Demand money from their former masters.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 13 pts

Why is Juneteenth celebrated today?

It marks the day when slavery ended in the entire United States.

It marks the day when enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free.

It celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

It celebrates the end of the Civil War.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 13 pts

Why did some slave owners refuse to inform enslaved people of their freedom?

They were waiting for the official end of the Civil War.

They wanted to keep enslaved people working for free as long as possible.

They believed slavery was still legal in Texas.

They didn’t understand the Emancipation Proclamation.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 13 pts

What role did Major General Gordon Granger play in Juneteenth?

He announced the end of the Civil War.

He led the Union Army and declared all enslaved people in Texas were free.

He was the President of the United States at the time.

He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

8.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 13 pts

Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not immediately free enslaved people in Texas?

It only applied to Union states, not Confederate states.

Texas was a free state, so it did not apply.

Slave owners and local government officials ignored the proclamation.

The Union Army did not have control over Texas at the time.