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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 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
2.Why did miners in 1876 ignore the Fort Laramie Treaty?
  • A.They wanted the gold found in the Black Hills
  • B.The treaty told them to go there
  • C.They had never heard of gold
3.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 loss of freedom, land and their way of life
  • C.As a gift they had asked for
4.A homesteader saw the prairie as empty land waiting for farms. How did the Lakota see it?
  • A.As their homeland and hunting grounds, already in use
  • B.As land they had never visited
  • C.As a place to build factories
5.Railroads printed posters promising settlers good farmland. Whose view do such posters show?
  • A.The railroads', which wanted to sell land and tickets
  • B.The bison hunters'
  • C.The Lakota's
6.Why did Plains nations see the killing of the bison as a disaster?
  • A.They wanted the bison gone
  • B.They did not use bison
  • C.Without the bison, their whole way of life could not go on
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 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.He wanted to feed Plains nations
  • C.Bison were worth nothing

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Answer key — Two Views of the Plains

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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