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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 do campaigns to change society often take many years?
  • A.Many people must be persuaded, including lawmakers
  • B.Laws can only change once a century
  • C.Holidays are chosen by lottery
2.Before Juneteenth, which was the last new federal holiday to be created?
  • A.Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983
  • B.Independence Day, added in 2010
  • C.Thanksgiving, added in 2019
3.Opal Lee, a retired teacher from Fort Worth, Texas, made long walks when she was about 90. Why?
  • A.To win a race
  • B.To visit every state park
  • C.To ask the nation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
4.Why did many towns hold Juneteenth festivals for years before it was a federal holiday?
  • A.Because the law forced them to
  • B.To keep the memory of emancipation alive
  • C.To celebrate the end of the Revolution
5.Supporters of a Juneteenth holiday gathered more than a million signatures. What is a petition?
  • A.A vote taken in Congress
  • B.A written request signed by many people
  • C.A holiday parade
6.Juneteenth gatherings often include a reading of which document?
  • A.The Mayflower Compact
  • B.The Treaty of Paris
  • C.General Order No. 3 or the Emancipation Proclamation
7.How does a new federal holiday become law?
  • A.Congress passes a bill and the President signs it
  • B.A city council votes on it
  • C.A governor announces it
8.In 2021 Congress passed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. What did it do?
  • A.Made June 19 a federal holiday
  • B.Ended slavery in Texas
  • C.Created the Fourth of July

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Answer key — The Campaign for a Juneteenth Holiday

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Many people must be persuaded, including lawmakers
  2. 2.Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983
  3. 3.To ask the nation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
  4. 4.To keep the memory of emancipation alive
  5. 5.A written request signed by many people
  6. 6.General Order No. 3 or the Emancipation Proclamation
  7. 7.Congress passes a bill and the President signs it
  8. 8.Made June 19 a federal holiday

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