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Changes on the Great Plains is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how the Plains changed for the nations who lived there, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.5.3-5. It prints 6 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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Changes on the Great Plains

D2.Geo.5.3-5

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Number the events in order. Then choose the best answers.

1.Number these events from earliest to latest.
  • The Fort Laramie Treaty promises the Black Hills to the Lakota (1868)
  • Gold is found in the Black Hills (1874)
  • The United States takes the Black Hills (1877)
  • Miners rush onto Lakota land (1876)
2.What new kind of plow helped farmers break the thick prairie sod?
  • A.A paddle wheel
  • B.A steel plow
  • C.A wooden spoon
3.How did windmills help Plains farmers?
  • A.They kept the wind away
  • B.They pumped water up from deep underground
  • C.They ground bison bones into flour
4.What did the US government force many Plains nations to do?
  • A.Move onto reservations
  • B.Become railroad owners
  • C.Move to Europe
5.How did barbed wire change the Plains?
  • A.It let farmers fence land cheaply and closed the open range
  • B.It carried messages across the Plains
  • C.It made the bison herds grow
6.Which nations lived on the Great Plains?
  • A.The Haida and Tlingit
  • B.The Hopi and Zuni
  • C.The Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche and Pawnee, among others

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Answer key — Changes on the Great Plains

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  1. 1.Correct order: 1, 2, 4, 3
  2. 2.A steel plow
  3. 3.They pumped water up from deep underground
  4. 4.Move onto reservations
  5. 5.It let farmers fence land cheaply and closed the open range
  6. 6.The Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche and Pawnee, among others

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