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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.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
2.Why was the destruction of the buffalo herds a disaster for Plains nations?
  • A.They used buffalo only for racing
  • B.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  • C.Buffalo were their main crop
3.What was the Trail of Tears?
  • A.A trail for wagons going to Oregon
  • B.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  • C.A road the Cherokee built to sell crops
4.In 1877 Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce on a long retreat. Where were they trying to go?
  • A.To Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
  • B.To Washington, D.C., to join the army
  • C.To Mexico, to look for gold
5.How do many Native nations govern themselves today?
  • A.They do not govern themselves at all
  • B.As colonies ruled by Britain
  • C.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
6.How did many Seminole people respond to removal from Florida?
  • A.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  • B.They joined the Confederacy
  • C.They moved to Canada
7.What did President Andrew Jackson do after the Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee in 1832?
  • A.He gave the Cherokee more land in Georgia
  • B.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  • C.He resigned from office
8.What did the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 do?
  • A.Ended every treaty with Native nations
  • B.Moved all Native nations to Oklahoma
  • C.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  2. 2.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  3. 3.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  4. 4.To Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
  5. 5.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  6. 6.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  7. 7.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  8. 8.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens

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