Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Where did the first Thanksgiving celebration in America take place?

• Berkeley Plantation, Virginia
• Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Provincetown, Massachusetts

2. How long did it take for the Mayflower to sail from England to Cape Cod?

• 23 days
• 65 days
• 82 days

3. What year was the first New England Thanksgiving celebrated?

• 1619
• 1620
• 1621

4. What Indian tribe befriended the New England Pilgrims and helped them hunt, fish, and plant crops?

• Beothuk
• Mahican
• Wampanoag

5. What president first declared the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving?

• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Franklin Roosevelt

6. What writer worked for years to promote the idea of a national Thanksgiving Day?

• Louisa May Alcott
• Margaret Fuller
• Sarah Josepha Hale

Check Your Answers

• 1. Berkeley Plantation, Virginia
• 2. 65 days
• 3. 1621
• 4. Wampanoag
• 5. Abraham Lincoln
• 6. Sarah Josepha Hale

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