One century is one hundred years!

For how many years was slavery legal and a defining trait of the new United States?

What was the main industry benefitting from slavery?

True or False: Enslaved people resisted from the beginning.

During the Revolutionary War, which states abolished slavery?

What year did the Federal Government outlawed and banned the import of enslaved African people?

When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, approximately how many American were enslaved?

After Lincoln’s election, southern states who wanted to uphold slavery formed the…

How long into the Civil War did Lincoln abolish slavery?

A year into his Presidency, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. What year was this?

On January 31st, 1865 the federal government, Congress, signed the (NUMBER) amendment of the US Constitution

True or False: States have to sign a Ratify an Amendment to the Constitution before it is official adopted.

True or False: Once Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, all Southen states obeyed the new law and released their slaves.

True or False: Slaves were freed immediately and news of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment traveled quickly in the US.

What does Juneteenth celebrate?

True or False: Because it was a staggered process, many celebrations of the end of slavery occurred as news began to travel.

True or False: Union General Gordon Granger and his troops announced on June 19th that all enslaved people were free. This is where Juneteenth gets its name.

If born into slavery before the law was passed

Although slavery was mostly illegal, what was the exception in the law?

What education channel did we watch?

In what year did Juneteenth become a federally recognized holiday?

From the video, “What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? - Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio” by TedEd

At the end of the Civil War, though slavery was technically illegal in all states, it still persisted in the last bastions of the Confederacy. This was the case when Union General Gordon Granger marched his troops into Galveston, Texas on June 19th and announced that all enslaved people there were officially free. Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio dig into the history of Juneteenth.

Answer some comprehension questions in the form of a trivia game to review and solidify what you have watched!

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June 19th: Juneteenth Trivia