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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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1.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 summer camp
  • C.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life
2.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
3.Settlers saw the railroad as progress. Why did many Plains nations see it as a threat?
  • A.It was too slow
  • B.It took them to their families
  • C.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
4.Why might two people living at the same time see the same event differently?
  • A.People in the past all thought the same
  • B.Only one of them could see
  • C.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
5.Why did a bison hunter in the 1870s see the herds as a way to make money?
  • A.He wanted to feed Plains nations
  • B.Bison were worth nothing
  • C.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
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 wanted the bison gone
  • C.They did not use bison
7.Why did miners in 1876 ignore the Fort Laramie Treaty?
  • A.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  • B.They had never heard of gold
  • C.The treaty told them to go there
8.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

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

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  1. 1.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life
  2. 2.Settlers believed land should be owned by single families
  3. 3.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
  4. 4.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  5. 5.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
  6. 6.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
  7. 7.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  8. 8.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets

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