Thanksgiving Trivia - Part 3

Thanksgiving Trivia Part 3 – Becoming a National Holiday
5. Which president of the United States made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
         Abe Lincoln                Andrew Jackson    
         Ben Franklin               John Adams

6. Which author convinced him to do it? Bonus Points if you know her most famous book.
​ Louisa May Alcott         Harriet Beecher Stowe         Sarah Josepha Hale
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​And the answers are . . .
Here are the multiple choice answers, in historical order. Are you ready for the answer?
 

John Adams – 2nd President & Founding Father

Ben Franklin – Founding Father & One of our First Ambassadors

Andrew Jackson – 7th President & 1st Non-Founding Father

Abe Lincoln- 16th President & 1st President Born Outside the 13 Colonies

​5. The man who helped build this cabin in Indiana when he was a boy, was the president who made Thanksgiving a national holiday. Did you guess Abraham Lincoln? Wow! What took so long!

Photo source: By Rene Sturgell - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21604202

2 Fun Facts – Andrew Jackson, our 7th president, was the first president who was not one of our founding fathers.
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He lost to John Quincy Adams, the son of the 2nd president, on his 1st try. Jackson was an outsider to Washington. He was born in the Carolinas, but came to the White House from the great state of Tennessee. 

​Meet the authors! Which one looks like she fought a 17 year battle to make Thanksgiving a holiday?

Louisa May Alcott

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Sarah Josepha Hale

​6. Who do you think talked Abe Lincoln into making Thanksgiving a holiday? It was the woman who lived in this house.

Photo Source: By Nick-philly - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84112194

Her name – Sarah Josepha Hale. I didn’t know her name either, even though I had a book about her in my 2nd grade collection. My daughter has it now.

Sarah was persistent! She talked to president after president for 17 years before Abe finally thought it was a good idea.
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You may not know her name, but I bet you know her most famous story – Mary Had a Little Lamb. It’s still sold on Amazon! I think it’s wonderful that the author with the youngest audience is the one who persuaded Abe to make Thanksgiving a holiday. This year I’m thankful for Sarah Josepha Hale!
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Do you see Louisa’s book? It’s a middle grade novel, and it’s still sold on Amazon. The cover was its 150th anniversary edition. That makes it a classic, and it’s still relevant – Amazon has recent videos for sale.

Harriet’s book is last. It’s written for adults, and it had a huge effect on its readers. It was written by a woman, who couldn’t even vote. When she met President Lincoln, he said, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.” WOW! That’s powerful! What a great compliment from an American hero!

Source:https://quizzclub.com/games/bonus/which-president-made-thanksgiving-a-national-holiday/answer/2058/