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

NameDate

Circle the best answer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Answer key — Duties and Freedoms Together

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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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.