JUNETEENTH and BEYOND

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The term "Juneteenth" is short for

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June 19, 1865

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The celebration of Juneteenth began in

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Galveston Bay, Texas

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Why is Juneteenth important?

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It is the date that slaves in Texas found out that slavery was over, and they were free.

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Why did the news of the end of slavery take so long to reach Texas?

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Texas was the western-most state in the Confederacy; it took a while for the news to get there.

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This document was an executive document by President Lincoln during the Middle of the Civil War. It declared that slaves in the Southern states (the Confederacy) were free

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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How long after the Emancipation Proclamation was passed did the slaves in Texas find out they had already been set free?

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Two and 1/2 years

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What were the "border states?"

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Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.

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What happened after every Union victory during the Civil war?

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More slaves in those areas were free

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Slaves in the Border states were not set free under the Emancipation Proclamation. Why not?

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President Lincoln did not want them to be encouraged to join the Confederacy

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How did slave owners respond to the Union troops' advances towards them? Options: They picked up their weapons and began to attack, They fled; they ran away, They moved with their slaves to the North, They moved with their slaves to the South, They moved with their slaves to the West

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They moved with their slaves to the West