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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 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
2.Why might two people living at the same time see the same event differently?
  • A.Only one of them could see
  • B.People in the past all thought the same
  • C.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
3.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
4.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
5.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
6.A US Army officer saw reservations as a way to end fighting. How did many Plains peoples see them?
  • A.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life
  • B.As a gift they had asked for
  • C.As a summer camp
7.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
8.Settlers saw the railroad as progress. Why did many Plains nations see it as a threat?
  • A.It was too slow
  • B.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
  • C.It took them to their families

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
  2. 2.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  3. 3.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  4. 4.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
  5. 5.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  6. 6.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life
  7. 7.The land returned to them, not money for it
  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.