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The Campaign for a Juneteenth Holiday is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how citizens campaigned to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.14.3-5. 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 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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The Campaign for a Juneteenth Holiday

D2.Civ.14.3-5

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Choose the best answer.

1.Why did many towns hold Juneteenth festivals for years before it was a federal holiday?
  • A.To keep the memory of emancipation alive
  • B.Because the law forced them to
  • C.To celebrate the end of the Revolution
2.Opal Lee, a retired teacher from Fort Worth, Texas, made long walks when she was about 90. Why?
  • A.To visit every state park
  • B.To ask the nation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
  • C.To win a race
3.Which newer way did supporters of a Juneteenth holiday use in recent years?
  • A.Messages carried by the Pony Express
  • B.Online petitions and social media
  • C.Letters sealed with wax
4.Why do campaigns to change society often take many years?
  • A.Holidays are chosen by lottery
  • B.Laws can only change once a century
  • C.Many people must be persuaded, including lawmakers
5.Before Juneteenth, which was the last new federal holiday to be created?
  • A.Thanksgiving, added in 2019
  • B.Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983
  • C.Independence Day, added in 2010
6.Which way of changing society was used in the 1800s and is still used today?
  • A.Sending text messages
  • B.Posting videos online
  • C.Writing petitions to lawmakers
7.Supporters of a Juneteenth holiday gathered more than a million signatures. What is a petition?
  • A.A holiday parade
  • B.A written request signed by many people
  • C.A vote taken in Congress
8.In 1980 Texas became the first state to do what?
  • A.Make Juneteenth an official state holiday
  • B.Move Juneteenth to January
  • C.Ban Juneteenth celebrations

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Answer key — The Campaign for a Juneteenth Holiday

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  1. 1.To keep the memory of emancipation alive
  2. 2.To ask the nation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
  3. 3.Online petitions and social media
  4. 4.Many people must be persuaded, including lawmakers
  5. 5.Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983
  6. 6.Writing petitions to lawmakers
  7. 7.A written request signed by many people
  8. 8.Make Juneteenth an official state holiday

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