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Sorting Causes From Consequences is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on probable causes and effects of a development, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.14.3-5. It prints 3 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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Sorting Causes From Consequences

D2.His.14.3-5

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Sort each one into cause or effect.

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Answer key — Sorting Causes From Consequences

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Families booked passages they could barely afford — An effect of the change 2. Steam power made large mills possible — A cause of the change 3. The harbour was deepened for larger vessels — A cause of the change 4. The mill district rose to 11,200 people — An effect of the change
  2. 2.1. Foreign grain became cheaper than upland corn — A cause of the change 2. Half-time working under eleven was ended — An effect of the change 3. Parliament required children to attend school — A cause of the change 4. Wages were cut by a shilling in the pound — An effect of the change
  3. 3.1. Agents opened offices selling passages abroad — A cause of the change 2. Cotton grew dear on the world market — A cause of the change 3. Deaths reached 27 per thousand in the mill district — An effect of the change 4. The upland district fell to 2,100 — An effect of the change

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.14.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.