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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.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
2.Why might two people living at the same time see the same event differently?
  • A.People in the past all thought the same
  • B.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  • C.Only one of them could see
3.Why did settlers want land fenced with barbed wire?
  • A.To protect their crops and mark their own property
  • B.To keep trains off the land
  • C.To help the bison herds
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 made them leave the Plains
  • C.It gave them a railroad
5.Why did miners in 1876 ignore the Fort Laramie Treaty?
  • A.They had never heard of gold
  • B.The treaty told them to go there
  • C.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
6.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.Bison were worth nothing
  • C.He wanted to feed Plains nations
7.Why did Plains nations see the killing of the bison as a disaster?
  • A.They did not use bison
  • B.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
  • C.They wanted the bison gone
8.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'

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
  2. 2.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  3. 3.To protect their crops and mark their own property
  4. 4.It promised them the Black Hills, a sacred place
  5. 5.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  6. 6.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
  7. 7.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
  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.