Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

200 years

Question 2

What was the main industry benefitting from slavery?

Accepted Answer

Cotton

Question 3

True or False: Enslaved people resisted from the beginning.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 4

During the Revolutionary War, which states abolished slavery?

Accepted Answer

Both A and B

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

1808

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

4 Million

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Confederacy

Question 8

How long into the Civil War did Lincoln abolish slavery?

Accepted Answer

1 year

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

1961

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

true

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

false

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

false

Question 14

What does Juneteenth celebrate?

Accepted Answer

The end of Slavery in America

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

true

Question 16

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.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

As a punishment for crime

Question 18

What education channel did we watch?

Accepted Answer

TedEd

Question 19

In what year did Juneteenth become a federally recognized holiday?

Accepted Answer

2021

June 19th: Juneteenth Trivia

2) What was the main industry benefitting from slavery?

3) True or False: Enslaved people resisted from the beginning.

4) During the Revolutionary War, which states abolished slavery?

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

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

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

8) How long into the Civil War did Lincoln abolish slavery?

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

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

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

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

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

14) What does Juneteenth celebrate?

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

16) 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.

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

18) What education channel did we watch?

19) In what year did Juneteenth become a federally recognized holiday?