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1. What day is the federal holiday Juneteenth celebrated on each year?
Juneteenth combines "June" and "Nineteenth" to create the portmanteau name "Juneteenth".
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2. What U.S. president signed Juneteenth into law as a federal holiday in 2021?
In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that established Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
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3. The _____________ Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declared all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War, declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were to be set free.
Though it did not immediately free all enslaved individuals, it was a pivotal step toward the abolition of slavery in the United States.
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4. What U.S. state did Juneteenth originate in, ultimately becoming the first state to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday?
Juneteenth originated in Galveston, Texas. This is because Texas was the last Confederate state where emancipation was enforced, due to its geographic isolation and minimal Union presence during most of the Civil War.
Texas became the first U.S. state to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday in 1980.
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5. Which amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished slavery?
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, seven months after Juneteenth, and ratified later that same year on December 6.
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