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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.Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) showed the cruelty of slavery. What effect did it have?
  • A.Nobody read it until 1950
  • B.It made slavery more popular in the North
  • C.It turned many Northern readers against slavery
2.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 wanted to show that no one lived on the Plains
  • C.He believed westward expansion threatened their ways of life
3.In 1845 Frederick Douglass published the story of his own life. Why was it powerful evidence?
  • A.He had lived in slavery himself
  • B.He had never seen slavery
  • C.It was written by a plantation owner
4.Paul Revere's 1770 engraving shows British soldiers firing on calm colonists. Why did he show it that way?
  • A.To show exactly what a camera would have seen
  • B.To turn colonists against the British soldiers
  • C.To praise the British army
5.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
6.Norman Rockwell's 1964 painting shows a young Black girl walking to school between federal marshals. Whose story does it tell?
  • A.Ruby Bridges's
  • B.Rosa Parks's
  • C.Harriet Tubman's
7.The painting Washington Crossing the Delaware was made in 1851, 75 years after the crossing. What does that tell you?
  • A.The painter was not there and imagined much of the scene
  • B.It is a photograph of the event
  • C.The painter was in the boat
8.Enslaved people sang spirituals. What did many of these songs express?
  • A.Faith and the hope of freedom
  • B.Thanks to the people who enslaved them
  • C.Instructions for planting cotton

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Answer key — Songs and Paintings From American History

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  1. 1.It turned many Northern readers against slavery
  2. 2.He believed westward expansion threatened their ways of life
  3. 3.He had lived in slavery himself
  4. 4.To turn colonists against the British soldiers
  5. 5.Sang it proudly as their own song
  6. 6.Ruby Bridges's
  7. 7.The painter was not there and imagined much of the scene
  8. 8.Faith and the hope of freedom

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