Laws and Treaties That Changed the West is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how federal laws and treaties changed the West and its peoples, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.12.3-5. It prints 2 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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Laws and Treaties That Changed the West

D2.Civ.12.3-5

NameDate

Draw a line from each law or treaty to what it did.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.

Pacific Railway Act, 1862
Yellowstone Act, 1872
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868
Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882

A.Promised the Black Hills to the Lakota as part of their reservation
B.Stopped Chinese workers from coming to the United States
C.Created the first national park
D.Helped pay for a railroad across the country

2.Draw a line from each one to its match.

Indian Citizenship Act, 1924
Homestead Act, 1862
Dawes Act, 1887
Indian Removal Act, 1830

A.Broke reservations into family plots and opened the rest to settlers
B.Led to the forced removal of Southeast nations, such as the Cherokee, to the west
C.Offered 160 acres of western land to settlers who farmed it for five years
D.Made all Native Americans born in the US citizens

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Answer key — Laws and Treaties That Changed the West

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Pacific Railway Act, 1862 — D (Helped pay for a railroad across the country) 2. Yellowstone Act, 1872 — C (Created the first national park) 3. Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868 — A (Promised the Black Hills to the Lakota as part of their reservation) 4. Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 — B (Stopped Chinese workers from coming to the United States)
2.1. Indian Citizenship Act, 1924 — D (Made all Native Americans born in the US citizens) 2. Homestead Act, 1862 — C (Offered 160 acres of western land to settlers who farmed it for five years) 3. Dawes Act, 1887 — A (Broke reservations into family plots and opened the rest to settlers) 4. Indian Removal Act, 1830 — B (Led to the forced removal of Southeast nations, such as the Cherokee, to the west)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.12.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.