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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 win a race
  • B.To visit every state park
  • C.To ask the nation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
3.In 1980 Texas became the first state to do what?
  • A.Ban Juneteenth celebrations
  • B.Make Juneteenth an official state holiday
  • C.Move Juneteenth to January
4.Juneteenth gatherings often include a reading of which document?
  • A.General Order No. 3 or the Emancipation Proclamation
  • B.The Mayflower Compact
  • C.The Treaty of Paris
5.Which way of changing society was used in the 1800s and is still used today?
  • A.Posting videos online
  • B.Writing petitions to lawmakers
  • C.Sending text messages
6.In 2021 Congress passed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. What did it do?
  • A.Created the Fourth of July
  • B.Ended slavery in Texas
  • C.Made June 19 a federal holiday
7.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
8.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

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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.Make Juneteenth an official state holiday
  4. 4.General Order No. 3 or the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. 5.Writing petitions to lawmakers
  6. 6.Made June 19 a federal holiday
  7. 7.Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983
  8. 8.Holding walks and community festivals

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