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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.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  • B.Only one of them could see
  • C.People in the past all thought the same
2.Why did miners in 1876 ignore the Fort Laramie Treaty?
  • A.The treaty told them to go there
  • B.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  • C.They had never heard of gold
3.Railroads printed posters promising settlers good farmland. Whose view do such posters show?
  • A.The Lakota's
  • B.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  • C.The bison hunters'
4.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
5.Many Plains nations held land in common. How was this different from settlers' ideas?
  • A.Settlers shared all of their land
  • B.Settlers believed no one should use land
  • C.Settlers believed land should be owned by single families
6.Why did Plains nations see the killing of the bison as a disaster?
  • A.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
  • B.They did not use bison
  • C.They wanted the bison gone
7.Settlers saw the railroad as progress. Why did many Plains nations see it as a threat?
  • A.It took them to their families
  • B.It was too slow
  • C.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
8.Why did settlers want land fenced with barbed wire?
  • A.To protect their crops and mark their own property
  • B.To help the bison herds
  • C.To keep trains off the land

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  2. 2.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  3. 3.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  4. 4.As their homeland and hunting grounds, already in use
  5. 5.Settlers believed land should be owned by single families
  6. 6.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
  7. 7.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
  8. 8.To protect their crops and mark their own property

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