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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.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 summer camp
  • C.As a loss of freedom, land and their way of life
2.Why did Plains nations see the killing of the bison as a disaster?
  • A.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
  • B.They did not use bison
  • C.They wanted the bison gone
3.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 shared all of their land
  • C.Settlers believed no one should use land
4.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.Only one of them could see
  • C.People in the past all thought the same
5.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
6.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
7.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'
8.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

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

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