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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.Which newer way did supporters of a Juneteenth holiday use in recent years?
  • A.Letters sealed with wax
  • B.Messages carried by the Pony Express
  • C.Online petitions and social media
2.Before Juneteenth, which was the last new federal holiday to be created?
  • A.Independence Day, added in 2010
  • B.Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983
  • 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 visit every state park
  • B.To win a race
  • C.To ask the nation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
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.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
6.In 1980 Texas became the first state to do what?
  • A.Move Juneteenth to January
  • B.Make Juneteenth an official state holiday
  • C.Ban Juneteenth celebrations
7.How does a new federal holiday become law?
  • A.Congress passes a bill and the President signs it
  • B.A governor announces it
  • C.A city council votes on it
8.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

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Answer key — The Campaign for a Juneteenth Holiday

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Online petitions and social media
  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.General Order No. 3 or the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. 5.To keep the memory of emancipation alive
  6. 6.Make Juneteenth an official state holiday
  7. 7.Congress passes a bill and the President signs it
  8. 8.A written request signed by many people

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