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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.In 1980 Texas became the first state to do what?
  • A.Make Juneteenth an official state holiday
  • B.Ban Juneteenth celebrations
  • C.Move Juneteenth to January
2.Why did many towns hold Juneteenth festivals for years before it was a federal holiday?
  • A.To celebrate the end of the Revolution
  • B.Because the law forced them to
  • C.To keep the memory of emancipation alive
3.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
4.Supporters of a Juneteenth holiday gathered more than a million signatures. What is a petition?
  • A.A holiday parade
  • B.A vote taken in Congress
  • C.A written request signed by many people
5.Which is a peaceful way citizens campaigned for a Juneteenth holiday?
  • A.Refusing to vote
  • B.Holding walks and community festivals
  • C.Staying silent and waiting
6.Opal Lee is often called the "Grandmother of Juneteenth." What does her campaign show?
  • A.One person who keeps going can help change a law
  • B.Older people cannot take part in civic life
  • C.Only presidents can change laws
7.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
8.Before Juneteenth, which was the last new federal holiday to be created?
  • A.Independence Day, added in 2010
  • B.Thanksgiving, added in 2019
  • C.Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983

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Answer key — The Campaign for a Juneteenth Holiday

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Make Juneteenth an official state holiday
  2. 2.To keep the memory of emancipation alive
  3. 3.Writing petitions to lawmakers
  4. 4.A written request signed by many people
  5. 5.Holding walks and community festivals
  6. 6.One person who keeps going can help change a law
  7. 7.Online petitions and social media
  8. 8.Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983

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