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Native Nations and the Growing Nation is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how Native nations experienced US expansion, 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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Native Nations and the Growing Nation

D2.His.4.3-5

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1.How do many Native nations govern themselves today?
  • A.As colonies ruled by Britain
  • B.They do not govern themselves at all
  • C.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
2.What did President Andrew Jackson do after the Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee in 1832?
  • A.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  • B.He resigned from office
  • C.He gave the Cherokee more land in Georgia
3.Why was the destruction of the buffalo herds a disaster for Plains nations?
  • A.They used buffalo only for racing
  • B.Buffalo were their main crop
  • C.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
4.What did the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 do?
  • A.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  • B.Ended every treaty with Native nations
  • C.Moved all Native nations to Oklahoma
5.What did Sequoyah create in 1821?
  • A.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  • B.The first railroad in Georgia
  • C.A treaty giving away Cherokee land
6.Sitting Bull was a Lakota leader. What did he resist?
  • A.Building schools for Lakota children
  • B.Trading horses with other nations
  • C.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
7.What is a reservation?
  • A.A ticket for a seat on a train
  • B.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
  • C.A fort for the US Army
8.What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 allow the president to do?
  • A.Pay for new schools on Native lands in the East
  • B.Give Native nations seats in Congress
  • C.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  2. 2.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  3. 3.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  4. 4.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  5. 5.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  6. 6.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  7. 7.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
  8. 8.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi

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