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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.What do many Lakota people today want for the Black Hills?
  • A.Nothing at all
  • B.The land returned to them, not money for it
  • C.More mines built there
2.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 land they had never visited
  • C.As a place to build factories
3.Why did miners in 1876 ignore the Fort Laramie Treaty?
  • A.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  • B.The treaty told them to go there
  • C.They had never heard of gold
4.Why did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 matter so much to the Lakota?
  • A.It promised them the Black Hills, a sacred place
  • B.It gave them a railroad
  • C.It made them leave the Plains
5.Why did a bison hunter in the 1870s see the herds as a way to make money?
  • A.Bison were worth nothing
  • B.He wanted to feed Plains nations
  • C.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
6.Railroads printed posters promising settlers good farmland. Whose view do such posters show?
  • A.The bison hunters'
  • B.The Lakota's
  • C.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
7.Why did settlers want land fenced with barbed wire?
  • A.To help the bison herds
  • B.To protect their crops and mark their own property
  • C.To keep trains off the land
8.Why might two people living at the same time see the same event differently?
  • A.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  • B.People in the past all thought the same
  • C.Only one of them could see

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The land returned to them, not money for it
  2. 2.As their homeland and hunting grounds, already in use
  3. 3.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  4. 4.It promised them the Black Hills, a sacred place
  5. 5.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
  6. 6.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  7. 7.To protect their crops and mark their own property
  8. 8.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose

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