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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 a bison hunter in the 1870s see the herds as a way to make money?
  • A.Bison were worth nothing
  • B.He wanted to feed Plains nations
  • C.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
2.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
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 made them leave the Plains
  • B.It promised them the Black Hills, a sacred place
  • C.It gave them a railroad
5.Many Plains nations held land in common. How was this different from settlers' ideas?
  • A.Settlers believed land should be owned by single families
  • B.Settlers believed no one should use land
  • C.Settlers shared all of their land
6.A homesteader saw the prairie as empty land waiting for farms. How did the Lakota see it?
  • A.As a place to build factories
  • B.As land they had never visited
  • C.As their homeland and hunting grounds, already in use
7.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 was too slow
  • C.It took them to their families
8.Why might two people living at the same time see the same event differently?
  • A.Only one of them could see
  • B.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  • C.People in the past all thought the same

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Hides sold for high prices in eastern cities
  2. 2.The land returned to them, not money for it
  3. 3.To protect their crops and mark their own property
  4. 4.It promised them the Black Hills, a sacred place
  5. 5.Settlers believed land should be owned by single families
  6. 6.As their homeland and hunting grounds, already in use
  7. 7.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
  8. 8.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose

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