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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.Photographs from Mathew Brady's studio showed dead soldiers after Civil War battles. Why did they shock people?
  • A.Most Americans had never seen the real results of a battle
  • B.They were the first photographs of anything
  • C.They showed the war had ended
2.George Catlin painted the Plains nations in the 1830s. Why did he say he painted them?
  • A.He wanted to show that no one lived on the Plains
  • B.He believed westward expansion threatened their ways of life
  • C.He was paid by the railroad to sell tickets
3.In 1845 Frederick Douglass published the story of his own life. Why was it powerful evidence?
  • A.It was written by a plantation owner
  • B.He had lived in slavery himself
  • C.He had never seen slavery
4.British soldiers sang Yankee Doodle to make fun of the colonists. What did the Patriots do?
  • A.Sang it proudly as their own song
  • B.Banned the song in every colony
  • C.Sent it to the king as a gift
5.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
6.Norman Rockwell's 1964 painting shows a young Black girl walking to school between federal marshals. Whose story does it tell?
  • A.Harriet Tubman's
  • B.Ruby Bridges's
  • C.Rosa Parks's
7.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 praise the British army
  • C.To turn colonists against the British soldiers
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.The painter was not there and imagined much of the scene
  • C.It is a photograph of the event

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Answer key — Songs and Paintings From American History

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  1. 1.Most Americans had never seen the real results of a battle
  2. 2.He believed westward expansion threatened their ways of life
  3. 3.He had lived in slavery himself
  4. 4.Sang it proudly as their own song
  5. 5.The Harlem Renaissance
  6. 6.Ruby Bridges's
  7. 7.To turn colonists against the British soldiers
  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.