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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 miners in 1876 ignore the Fort Laramie Treaty?
  • A.The treaty told them to go there
  • B.They had never heard of gold
  • C.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
2.A US Army officer saw reservations as a way to end fighting. How did many Plains peoples see them?
  • A.As a summer camp
  • B.As a gift they had asked for
  • C.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life
3.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
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.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'
6.Settlers saw the railroad as progress. Why did many Plains nations see it as a threat?
  • A.It was too slow
  • B.It took them to their families
  • C.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
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.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

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  2. 2.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life
  3. 3.The land returned to them, not money for it
  4. 4.It promised them the Black Hills, a sacred place
  5. 5.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  6. 6.It brought hunters and settlers onto their lands and drove off the bison
  7. 7.They had different needs, beliefs and things to gain or lose
  8. 8.To protect their crops and mark their own property

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