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WorksheetsJuneteenth Exit Ticket
Total questions: 4
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Read the section "Juneteenth Was Highlighted This Year."
Select the paragraph from the section that shows the origin of Juneteenth.
The war involved Confederate soldiers fighting Union soldiers from the North. The Confederacy was formed by a group of Southern states that broke away from the United States. They separated from the North to protect their right to own black people as slaves.
Confederate soldiers surrendered in April 1865. However, word didn't reach the last enslaved black people until June 19. On that day, Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to Galveston, Texas.
"We got rhythm, we got pride, we birth kings, we birth tribes," Beyoncé sings toward the end of the song. It lasts nearly five minutes. That is longer than many popular songs.
Juneteenth is a day of both joy and pain. It was marked with new urgency in 2020. It arrived during weeks-long protests over police brutality and racism. The protests were sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of Minneapolis, Minnesota police.
Read the section "Justice For Breonna Taylor."
Which sentence from the section shows WHY Beyoncé started her BeyGOOD charity?
She asked for people to add their names to a list of those demanding justice for Floyd.
The release of "Black Parade" is the singer's latest effort to support others.
The money is to help in the fight against the 2019 coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
She, along with her husband Jay-Z, released the nine-song album "Everything Is Love" in 2018 with no notice.
What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on slavery?
It freed enslaved people in the Confederacy, but was not fully enforced until after the Civil War.
It immediately freed all enslaved people in both the North and South in the United States.
It freed enslaved people in the North, but was not applied to the South until after the Civil War.
It finally united people across the United States after Confederate soldiers surrendered.
What caused Beyoncé to speak out on social media recently?
the difficulty many black-owned businesses are facing
the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police
the movement to declare Juneteenth a national holiday
the challenges communities face in fighting COVID-19
