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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.Why did farm workers join together in a union?
  • A.Alone, each worker had little power to win fair pay and safer conditions
  • B.The law forced every worker to join
  • C.Farm owners asked them to
2.Franklin helped found a hospital in Philadelphia in 1751. How was the money raised?
  • A.The hospital sold its land
  • B.The king paid for all of it
  • C.Private gifts were matched by money from the colony's assembly
3.What did Franklin's 1754 cartoon "Join, or Die" show?
  • A.A ship sinking at sea
  • B.An eagle holding arrows
  • C.A snake cut into pieces, urging the colonies to unite
4.At the Albany Congress in 1754, what did Franklin propose?
  • A.A plan for the colonies to unite for defense
  • B.A plan to end all colonial trade
  • C.A plan to make himself king
5.Which methods did Chávez insist on?
  • A.Secret attacks on farms
  • B.Nonviolent ones, such as marches, boycotts and fasts
  • C.Armed rebellion
6.During the grape strike, what did Chávez ask shoppers across the country to do?
  • A.Buy twice as many grapes
  • B.Grow grapes at home
  • C.Stop buying grapes until workers won fair contracts
7.In 1731 Benjamin Franklin helped start a lending library in Philadelphia. How did it work?
  • A.Members pooled money to buy books they could all borrow
  • B.The king paid for every book
  • C.Each member kept the books forever
8.Clara Barton founded which organization in 1881?
  • A.The League of Women Voters
  • B.The farm workers' union
  • C.The American Red Cross

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Answer key — Citizens Who Built Organizations

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Alone, each worker had little power to win fair pay and safer conditions
  2. 2.Private gifts were matched by money from the colony's assembly
  3. 3.A snake cut into pieces, urging the colonies to unite
  4. 4.A plan for the colonies to unite for defense
  5. 5.Nonviolent ones, such as marches, boycotts and fasts
  6. 6.Stop buying grapes until workers won fair contracts
  7. 7.Members pooled money to buy books they could all borrow
  8. 8.The American Red Cross

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