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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.Why was the destruction of the buffalo herds a disaster for Plains nations?
  • A.Buffalo were their main crop
  • B.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  • C.They used buffalo only for racing
2.What did government boarding schools of the late 1800s try to make Native children do?
  • A.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  • B.Speak only their own languages
  • C.Learn their nation's history from their elders
3.What is a reservation?
  • A.A ticket for a seat on a train
  • B.A fort for the US Army
  • C.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
4.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
5.About how many Cherokee people died during removal?
  • A.About 4,000
  • B.About 40
  • C.About 400,000
6.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 gave the Cherokee more land in Georgia
  • C.He resigned from office
7.How do many Native nations govern themselves today?
  • A.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  • B.They do not govern themselves at all
  • C.As colonies ruled by Britain
8.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

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  2. 2.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  3. 3.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
  4. 4.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  5. 5.About 4,000
  6. 6.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  7. 7.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  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.