History of Thanksgiving worksheet with text and exercises.

A worksheet titled "21. History of Thanksgiving" with text and exercises about the history of Thanksgiving in the United States, including a passage about the first Thanksgiving, a section on Thanksgiving traditions, and exercises for students to fill in blanks, mark statements as true or false, and answer reading comprehension questions.

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2. Cape Cod
3. Plymouth
4. They were helped by the Wampanoag, who taught them to cultivate corn, make fish traps, catch fish, and grow pumpkins.
5. Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and fish in the rivers.
6. The alliance lasted for more than 50 years.
7. In 1621, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the Wampanoag, including their chief Massasoit.
8. George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789.
9. Sarah Josepha Hale launched a campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
10. Abraham Lincoln scheduled the first national Thanksgiving holiday for the final Thursday in November in 1863.

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