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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.What do many Lakota people today want for the Black Hills?
  • A.The land returned to them, not money for it
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.More mines built there
2.Why did settlers want land fenced with barbed wire?
  • A.To keep trains off the land
  • B.To help the bison herds
  • C.To protect their crops and mark their own property
3.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
4.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
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.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
7.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.People in the past all thought the same
  • C.Only one of them could see
8.Many Plains nations held land in common. How was this different from settlers' ideas?
  • A.Settlers shared all of their land
  • B.Settlers believed land should be owned by single families
  • C.Settlers believed no one should use land

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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