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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. 1. Who was the intended audience of the order?
  2. 2. What does "an absolute equality of personal rights" promise?
  3. 3. Which holiday remembers the day this order was read?
  4. 4. According to the order, why are all slaves free?
2.Which amendment ended slavery throughout the whole country in 1865?
  • A.The 19th Amendment
  • B.The 13th Amendment
  • C.The 1st Amendment
3.General Order No. 3 advised freed people to stay at their present homes. What did many do instead?
  • A.Asked Granger to cancel the order
  • B.Left to search for family members sold away during slavery
  • C.Sailed to Britain to live
4.Which branch makes a day a federal holiday by passing a law?
  • A.The Supreme Court
  • B.Congress, the legislative branch
  • C.Each city government
5.Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation of 1863 came in the middle of which war?
  • A.The War of 1812
  • B.The Revolutionary War
  • C.The Civil War

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Answer key — Holiday Proclamations

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  1. 1.1. The people of Texas. 2. Former masters and slaves have equal personal rights and rights of property. 3. Juneteenth, a federal holiday since 2021. 4. In accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States.
  2. 2.The 13th Amendment
  3. 3.Left to search for family members sold away during slavery
  4. 4.Congress, the legislative branch
  5. 5.The Civil War

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.