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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.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
  • Homestead Act, 1862
  • Indian Removal Act, 1830
  • Yellowstone Act, 1872
  • A.Offered 160 acres of western land to settlers who farmed it for five years
  • B.Created the first national park
  • C.Led to the forced removal of Southeast nations, such as the Cherokee, to the west
  • D.Stopped Chinese workers from coming to the United States
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
  • Morrill Act, 1862
  • Dawes Act, 1887
  • Pacific Railway Act, 1862
  • A.Helped pay for a railroad across the country
  • B.Gave land to states to start colleges of farming and engineering
  • C.Broke reservations into family plots and opened the rest to settlers
  • D.Let settlers in two territories vote on whether to allow slavery

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Answer key — Laws and Treaties That Changed the West

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 — D (Stopped Chinese workers from coming to the United States) 2. Homestead Act, 1862 — A (Offered 160 acres of western land to settlers who farmed it for five years) 3. Indian Removal Act, 1830 — C (Led to the forced removal of Southeast nations, such as the Cherokee, to the west) 4. Yellowstone Act, 1872 — B (Created the first national park)
  2. 2.1. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 — D (Let settlers in two territories vote on whether to allow slavery) 2. Morrill Act, 1862 — B (Gave land to states to start colleges of farming and engineering) 3. Dawes Act, 1887 — C (Broke reservations into family plots and opened the rest to settlers) 4. Pacific Railway Act, 1862 — A (Helped pay for a railroad across the country)

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