Introduction of Juneteenth

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.