Duties and Freedoms Together is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on rules that create duties and protect freedoms, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.4.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Duties and Freedoms Together

D2.Civ.4.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.A rule says tolls must be posted. What freedom does it protect?

A.A boat owner's freedom to know the price before agreeing
B.The freedom to avoid tolls
C.The company's freedom to charge anything

2.Workhouses kept registers. What duty did that create?

A.The county had to build more
B.The poor had to write
C.The guardians had to record every admission

3.Railways needed an Act. What duty did that create for the company?

A.To carry coal cheaply
B.To persuade Parliament before taking anybody's land
C.To lay track quickly

4.Railways needed an Act. What freedom did that protect?

A.A landowner's freedom not to have land taken without consent
B.The right to free travel
C.The right to build track

5.Fares had to be published. What duty and freedom?

A.No duty, no freedom
B.The duty to display prices, protecting the freedom to choose to travel or not
C.The duty to run trains, protecting freedom of speech

6.Why do rules usually create a duty and a freedom together?

A.It makes them longer
B.Rules are written in pairs
C.A freedom for one person needs somebody else to be obliged

7.A rule says tolls must be posted. What duty does it create?

A.The company must publish its charges
B.Coal must be cheaper
C.Boats must go faster

8.Workhouses kept registers. What freedom did that protect?

A.Freedom from work
B.Freedom to leave whenever
C.Freedom from being admitted or refused without any record

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Answer key — Duties and Freedoms Together

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

1.A boat owner's freedom to know the price before agreeing
2.The guardians had to record every admission
3.To persuade Parliament before taking anybody's land
4.A landowner's freedom not to have land taken without consent
5.The duty to display prices, protecting the freedom to choose to travel or not
6.A freedom for one person needs somebody else to be obliged
7.The company must publish its charges
8.Freedom from being admitted or refused without any record

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.