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TEXT 2: THANKSGIVING DAY

1 Thanksgiving may be America's most beloved national holiday, but its history is very unclear. Even the details of the

famous feast between the Plymouth settlers and the indigenous people in November of 1621 are sketchy. The best account we

have is a letter from English settler Edward Winslow that never mentions the word 'Thanksgiving', but tells of a weeklong harvest

celebration that included sharing the table with Chief Massasoit and 90 of his men.

5 Over the centuries, that briefly-mentioned feast week has taken on a life of its own, with each generation adding something

new to the tradition. The Thanksgiving feast in Plymouth probably had little in common with today's traditional holiday meal.

Although turkeys were indigenous, there's no record of a big, roasted bird at the feast. The natives brought deer and there would

have been lots of local seafood plus the fruits of the first pilgrim harvest, including pumpkin. No mashed potatoes, though. Potatoes

had only been recently shipped back to Europe from South America.

10 America first called for a national day of thanksgiving to celebrate victory over the British in the Battle of Saratoga, which took

place in 1777. However, the first official proclamation of a national Thanksgiving holiday didn't come until 1863, when President

Abraham Lincoln called for an annual Thanksgiving celebration on the final Thursday in November. In 1939 President Franklin

Delano Roosevelt decreed that Thanksgiving would be celebrated a week earlier. He was very concerned that the Christmas

shopping season was too short. Fierce opposition from Thanksgiving traditionalists finally forced Congress to officially move

15 Thanksgiving back to the fourth Thursday of November, where it has remained ever since.

CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

9.

The first Thanksgiving feast...

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The original Thanksgiving meal...

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)

11.

The name of the holiday originates in Edward Winslow's narration of the first Thanksgiving celebration.

TRUE

FALSE

12.

Potato was not served in the original Thanksgiving meal.

TRUE

FALSE

13.

The first official Thanksgiving commemorated a military event.

TRUE

FALSE

14.

Roosevelt changed the date of the holiday for commercial reasons.

TRUE

FALSE

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