Holiday Proclamations is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the audience and purpose of a holiday proclamation, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.11.3-5. It prints 5 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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Holiday Proclamations
D2.His.11.3-5
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Read the source and answer the questions, then circle the right answers.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
General Order No. 3
General Order No. 3, issued by Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. The day is remembered as Juneteenth, a federal holiday since 2021.
The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages.
1. Who issued the order, and where?
2. What does "an absolute equality of personal rights" promise?
3. Who was the intended audience of the order?
4. What are the freedmen advised to do?
2.Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation of 1863 came in the middle of which war?
A.The War of 1812
B.The Civil War
C.The Revolutionary War
3.Which branch makes a day a federal holiday by passing a law?
A.Each city government
B.The Supreme Court
C.Congress, the legislative branch
4.Why did General Order No. 3 matter even though the Emancipation Proclamation came in 1863?
A.The Union Army had to arrive to enforce freedom in places such as Texas
B.The order was about Thanksgiving
C.Texas had already ended slavery in 1863
5.Decoration Day later became which holiday?
A.Labor Day
B.Veterans Day
C.Memorial Day
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Answer key — Holiday Proclamations
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Major General Gordon Granger, in Galveston, Texas. 2. Former masters and slaves have equal personal rights and rights of property. 3. The people of Texas. 4. To remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages.
2.The Civil War
3.Congress, the legislative branch
4.The Union Army had to arrive to enforce freedom in places such as Texas
5.Memorial Day
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.