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Question 434 • Career Explorations - EL3401

What is the significance of Juneteenth in US history?

Answer

It commemorates the start of the Black Lives Matter movement, with posting of the first hashtag on social media.

It is the day when the civil rights movement officially ended, marked by thousands of speeches.

It marks the day when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

It represents the start of the Civil War, which was fought largely over the issue of slavery in the US.

Explanation

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that enslaved people there were free. This came more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. Therefore, the correct choice is “It marks the day when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.”

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