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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.
  • Gold is found in the Black Hills (1874)
  • The Fort Laramie Treaty promises the Black Hills to the Lakota (1868)
  • Miners rush onto Lakota land (1876)
  • The United States takes the Black Hills (1877)
2.Which nations lived on the Great Plains?
  • A.The Hopi and Zuni
  • B.The Haida and Tlingit
  • C.The Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche and Pawnee, among others
3.What did the US government force many Plains nations to do?
  • A.Become railroad owners
  • B.Move to Europe
  • C.Move onto reservations
4.How did windmills help Plains farmers?
  • A.They pumped water up from deep underground
  • B.They kept the wind away
  • C.They ground bison bones into flour
5.Why was the loss of the bison so harmful to Plains nations?
  • A.They had never hunted bison
  • B.Bison were only used for racing
  • C.They depended on bison for food, clothing and shelter
6.What did the Homestead Act of 1862 offer?
  • A.160 acres of land to settlers who lived on it and farmed it
  • B.Gold to anyone who found it
  • C.Free train tickets to California

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Answer key — Changes on the Great Plains

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 2, 1, 3, 4
  2. 2.The Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche and Pawnee, among others
  3. 3.Move onto reservations
  4. 4.They pumped water up from deep underground
  5. 5.They depended on bison for food, clothing and shelter
  6. 6.160 acres of land to settlers who lived on it and farmed it

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