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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.Why did Plains nations see the killing of the bison as a disaster?
  • A.They wanted the bison gone
  • B.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
  • C.They did not use bison
2.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
3.What do many Lakota people today want for the Black Hills?
  • A.More mines built there
  • B.The land returned to them, not money for it
  • C.Nothing at all
4.Why did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 matter so much to the Lakota?
  • A.It made them leave the Plains
  • B.It gave them a railroad
  • C.It promised them the Black Hills, a sacred place
5.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
6.Railroads printed posters promising settlers good farmland. Whose view do such posters show?
  • A.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  • B.The Lakota's
  • C.The bison hunters'
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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