WorksheetsJuneteenth Celebration
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
In what state did a massacre occur and 12 men (aka Elaine 12) receive the death penalty but with the help of the NAACP were exonerated?
Arkansas
Atlanta
North Carolina
Texas
Which color is not on the official Juneteenth flag?
Red
Green
Blue
White
What city in Texas was the last to know about the Emancipation Proclamation?
Laredo
Dallas
Houston
Galveston
In 1868, Georgia elected many black state representatives and senators. Of course the clear people weren't having this so they expelled the representatives and removed the senators. Then they started killing them! One quarter, of those black elected officials were jailed beaten or shot. What was this event in history known as?
The Dreamers
Black Representation
Original 33
30 Believers
Who was the original creator of the Juneteenth flag?
Ben Haith
LJ Graff
James Moore
Louis Armstrong
Which president, when once senator, attempted to make Juneteenth a National Holiday?
Clinton
Bush
Obama
Nixon
When former enslaved people left the state to find family members or more welcoming accommodations, what was this called?
New Beginnings
Moving on up
Moving Forward
The Scatter
When freedpeople tried to celebrate the first anniversary of the announcement a year later, they were faced with a problem: Segregation laws were expanding rapidly, and there were no public places or parks they were permitted to use. So, in the 1870s, former enslaved people pooled together $800 and purchased 10 acres of land. It was the only public park and swimming pool in the Houston area that was open to African Americans until the 1950s. What is the name of this park?
Freedom Park
Land of the Free
Emancipation Park
Glenn Park
