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1. In which colony was the first Thanksgiving held?

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	a. Roanoke
	b. Boston
	c. Plymouth
	d. Oglethorpe

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2. With which Indian tribe did the early colonists share the feast?

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	a. Seminole
	b. Cree
	c. Nez Perce
	d. Wampanoag

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3. The first Thanksgiving in 1621 lasted three days and included feasts and hunting celebrations.

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True	*The local Wampanoag tribe brought FIVE deer to the feast!

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4. Which President established Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday each November?

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	a. George Washington
	b. Thomas Jefferson
	c. Abraham Lincoln
	d. James Garfield

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5. What former British slave escaped and taught the Plymouth colonists to survive in the new world?

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	a. Sacajawea
	b. Squanto
	c. Sitting Bull
	d. Geronimo

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6. Plymouth colony is located in what is now which state?

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	a. Massachusetts
	b. Connecticut
	c. Delaware
	d. Virginia

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7. First presented in 1924, which department store has since hosted New York City’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?

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	a. Dillard’s
	b. Macy’s
	c. Nordstrom
	d. Belk

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8. In 1939 and 1940, Thanksgiving was moved up to the third Thursday of November by which President?

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	a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
	b. James A. Garfield
	c. Grover Cleveland
	d. Calvin Coolidge

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9. Thanksgiving became a National holiday thanks to the lobbying of the author of “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” Sara Josepha Hale.

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True	*Sara had been reading a diary on the early settlers, which inspired here to write to and lobby her political officials for 30 years when President Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

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10. Which president began the tradition of pardoning a turkey to live safely in retirement each year?

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	a. Jimmy Carter
	b. Lyndon Johnson
	c. George Bush
	d. Harry Truman