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Songs and Paintings From American History is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how art, music and writing reflected their times, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.5.3-5. 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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Songs and Paintings From American History

D2.His.5.3-5

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1.George Catlin painted the Plains nations in the 1830s. Why did he say he painted them?
  • A.He was paid by the railroad to sell tickets
  • B.He believed westward expansion threatened their ways of life
  • C.He wanted to show that no one lived on the Plains
2.Paul Revere's 1770 engraving shows British soldiers firing on calm colonists. Why did he show it that way?
  • A.To turn colonists against the British soldiers
  • B.To show exactly what a camera would have seen
  • C.To praise the British army
3.Enslaved people sang spirituals. What did many of these songs express?
  • A.Instructions for planting cotton
  • B.Thanks to the people who enslaved them
  • C.Faith and the hope of freedom
4.In the 1920s Black writers, musicians and artists made Harlem, in New York City, a center of the arts. What is this called?
  • A.The New Deal
  • B.The Gold Rush
  • C.The Harlem Renaissance
5.In 1845 Frederick Douglass published the story of his own life. Why was it powerful evidence?
  • A.He had never seen slavery
  • B.It was written by a plantation owner
  • C.He had lived in slavery himself
6.Photographs from Mathew Brady's studio showed dead soldiers after Civil War battles. Why did they shock people?
  • A.They showed the war had ended
  • B.They were the first photographs of anything
  • C.Most Americans had never seen the real results of a battle
7.British soldiers sang Yankee Doodle to make fun of the colonists. What did the Patriots do?
  • A.Banned the song in every colony
  • B.Sang it proudly as their own song
  • C.Sent it to the king as a gift
8.The painting Washington Crossing the Delaware was made in 1851, 75 years after the crossing. What does that tell you?
  • A.The painter was in the boat
  • B.It is a photograph of the event
  • C.The painter was not there and imagined much of the scene

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Answer key — Songs and Paintings From American History

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  1. 1.He believed westward expansion threatened their ways of life
  2. 2.To turn colonists against the British soldiers
  3. 3.Faith and the hope of freedom
  4. 4.The Harlem Renaissance
  5. 5.He had lived in slavery himself
  6. 6.Most Americans had never seen the real results of a battle
  7. 7.Sang it proudly as their own song
  8. 8.The painter was not there and imagined much of the scene

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.