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Juneteenth and General Order No. 3 is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the audience and purpose of General Order No. 3, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.11.3-5. It prints 5 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Juneteenth and General Order No. 3

D2.His.11.3-5

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Read the order and answer the questions. Then choose the best answers.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

General Order No. 3

General Order No. 3, issued at Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, by Major General Gordon Granger of the US Army. The word help line was added for this worksheet. The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. Word help: the "Executive of the United States" means the President. "Freedmen" means people who had been enslaved and were now free.

  1. 1. What job did the person who issued the order have?
  2. 2. Why might some freedmen have chosen not to remain quietly at their present homes?
  3. 3. Why does the order say the connection becomes that between "employer and hired labor"?
  4. 4. The order follows "a proclamation from the Executive of the United States." Where did its power come from?
2.Which other names are sometimes used for Juneteenth?
  • A.Freedom Day or Emancipation Day
  • B.Flag Day or Arbor Day
  • C.Labor Day or Memorial Day
3.Which amendment ended slavery in every state in December 1865?
  • A.The Nineteenth Amendment
  • B.The First Amendment
  • C.The Thirteenth Amendment
4.How did freed people in Texas mark the first anniversary of June 19 in 1866?
  • A.With a national parade in Washington, DC
  • B.By closing every school in the country
  • C.With gatherings, prayer, food and music
5.What does Juneteenth remember?
  • A.The day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told they were free
  • B.The signing of the Constitution
  • C.The first day of summer

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Answer key — Juneteenth and General Order No. 3

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  1. 1.1. He was a major general in the US Army. 2. They were now free, so they could leave to find family, land or better work for wages. 3. To tell former masters that freed people must now be paid wages for their work. 4. From the President of the United States.
  2. 2.Freedom Day or Emancipation Day
  3. 3.The Thirteenth Amendment
  4. 4.With gatherings, prayer, food and music
  5. 5.The day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told they were free

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.