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What is Juneteenth?

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  • Abraham Lincoln promised freedom to more than 3.5 million slaves by signing this document.
    Emancipation Proclamation
  • Approximately 4 million people were enslaved in 1860 when ___________________ was elected President.
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Juneteenth became a federal holiday in what year?
    2021
  • Where does the name "Juneteenth" stem from?
    The combination of the words "June" and "nineteenth".
  • Many slave owners in the South refused to _______________ even after it was illegal.
    free slaves
  • Several southern states, known as the ___________________, banned together to support continued slavery.
    Confederacy
  • Juneteenth's purpose is to remember and honor the past, and dream the ___________.
    Future
  • Why was the freedom of slaves celebrated on so many different dates around the country?
    Because freedom of slaves was a staggered process and happened at different times in different states.
  • What secret did Charlotte Brooks overhear from her slave owners?
    Slavery had been abolished, but was being kept secret.
  • Where did the celebration of Juneteenth begin?
    Galveston, Texas
  • Even after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery was not _____________ in many states.
    Abolished
  • ______ out of 12 of the first US Presidents were slave owners.
    10
  • How did Charlotte Brooks respond to hearing the secret about slavery being abolished?
    She ran through the plantation and spread the word to others.
  • In January of 1865, this Amendment to the US Constitution promised to end slavery throughout the US.
    13th Amendment
  • What industry fueled slavery and made the U.S. a leading economic power?
    Cotton
  • The Civil War ended with the surrender of _______________________ in April of 1865.
    Robert E. Lee
  • The disagreement between the Union (north) and Confederacy (south) triggered what war?
    American Civil War
  • ____________ inequality still exists today.
    Racial
  • Union General Gordon Granger marched into Galveston, Texas on this date to enforce the freedom of slaves.
    June 19th, 1865
  • Although after the addition of the 13th Amendment, slavery was illegal, it still persisted in this part of the US.
    The South (former Confederacy)
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