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Two Views of the Plains is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on why settlers and Plains nations saw the same land differently, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.4.3-5. 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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Two Views of the Plains

D2.His.4.3-5

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Choose the best answer.

1.Why might two people living at the same time see the same event differently?
  • A.Only one of them could see
  • B.People in the past all thought the same
  • C.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
2.Many Plains nations held land in common. How was this different from settlers' ideas?
  • A.Settlers believed no one should use land
  • B.Settlers believed land should be owned by single families
  • C.Settlers shared all of their land
3.Why did a bison hunter in the 1870s see the herds as a way to make money?
  • A.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
  • B.He wanted to feed Plains nations
  • C.Bison were worth nothing
4.Settlers saw the railroad as progress. Why did many Plains nations see it as a threat?
  • A.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
  • B.It took them to their families
  • C.It was too slow
5.A homesteader saw the prairie as empty land waiting for farms. How did the Lakota see it?
  • A.As their homeland and hunting grounds, already in use
  • B.As a place to build factories
  • C.As land they had never visited
6.Railroads printed posters promising settlers good farmland. Whose view do such posters show?
  • A.The bison hunters'
  • B.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  • C.The Lakota's
7.What do many Lakota people today want for the Black Hills?
  • A.More mines built there
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.The land returned to them, not money for it
8.A US Army officer saw reservations as a way to end fighting. How did many Plains peoples see them?
  • A.As a gift they had asked for
  • B.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life
  • C.As a summer camp

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  2. 2.Settlers believed land should be owned by single families
  3. 3.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
  4. 4.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
  5. 5.As their homeland and hunting grounds, already in use
  6. 6.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  7. 7.The land returned to them, not money for it
  8. 8.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.