ANSWERS

1. The fourth Thursday in November

2. The second Monday in October

3. The Mayflower

4. The Wampanoag

5. Massasoit

6. Squanto (Tisquantum)

Squanto had been kidnapped by an English explorer, sold into slavery in Spain, and later lived in London before returning home.

7. William Bradford

8. Sarah Josepha Hale

9. Abraham Lincoln

10. Franksgiving

Some states followed Roosevelt and some did not, so for two years the country had two Thanksgivings. In 1941, Congress fixed the date as the fourth Thursday.

11. Macy's

12. George H. W. Bush

13. The Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys

14. Black Friday

15. The cranberry

16. Benjamin Franklin

Franklin made the comment in a 1784 letter mocking the design of the eagle on a badge. He never formally proposed the turkey as the national bird.

17. The furcula

18. Martin Frobisher

Canada's Thanksgiving is more directly descended from European harvest festivals and from celebrations in the 18th and 19th centuries.

19. Liberia

20. Thanksgiving

Lydia Maria Child wrote the poem in 1844 about visiting her grandparents' house for Thanksgiving.