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Citizens Who Built Organizations is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how Franklin, Chávez and others organized people to work together, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.6.3-5. 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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Citizens Who Built Organizations

D2.Civ.6.3-5

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1.What is one challenge of working together in a large group?
  • A.Decisions are always quick
  • B.Members may disagree about goals and methods
  • C.No one ever has to give up time
2.Why did Franklin organize a volunteer fire company in Philadelphia in 1736?
  • A.So neighbors could work together to put out fires
  • B.To train soldiers for war
  • C.To collect a new tax for the king
3.In 1962 César Chávez and Dolores Huerta founded an organization for whom?
  • A.Farm workers
  • B.Railroad builders
  • C.Factory owners
4.During the grape strike, what did Chávez ask shoppers across the country to do?
  • A.Grow grapes at home
  • B.Buy twice as many grapes
  • C.Stop buying grapes until workers won fair contracts
5.Which methods did Chávez insist on?
  • A.Nonviolent ones, such as marches, boycotts and fasts
  • B.Secret attacks on farms
  • C.Armed rebellion
6.What did Franklin's 1754 cartoon "Join, or Die" show?
  • A.An eagle holding arrows
  • B.A snake cut into pieces, urging the colonies to unite
  • C.A ship sinking at sea
7.In 1731 Benjamin Franklin helped start a lending library in Philadelphia. How did it work?
  • A.The king paid for every book
  • B.Each member kept the books forever
  • C.Members pooled money to buy books they could all borrow
8.Why did farm workers join together in a union?
  • A.Farm owners asked them to
  • B.The law forced every worker to join
  • C.Alone, each worker had little power to win fair pay and safer conditions

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Answer key — Citizens Who Built Organizations

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  1. 1.Members may disagree about goals and methods
  2. 2.So neighbors could work together to put out fires
  3. 3.Farm workers
  4. 4.Stop buying grapes until workers won fair contracts
  5. 5.Nonviolent ones, such as marches, boycotts and fasts
  6. 6.A snake cut into pieces, urging the colonies to unite
  7. 7.Members pooled money to buy books they could all borrow
  8. 8.Alone, each worker had little power to win fair pay and safer conditions

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.