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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.What did Sequoyah create in 1821?
  • A.The first railroad in Georgia
  • B.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  • C.A treaty giving away Cherokee land
2.What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 allow the president to do?
  • A.Give Native nations seats in Congress
  • B.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  • C.Pay for new schools on Native lands in the East
3.What did President Andrew Jackson do after the Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee in 1832?
  • A.He resigned from office
  • B.He gave the Cherokee more land in Georgia
  • C.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
4.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
5.Sitting Bull was a Lakota leader. What did he resist?
  • A.Building schools for Lakota children
  • B.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  • C.Trading horses with other nations
6.What did the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 do?
  • A.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  • B.Moved all Native nations to Oklahoma
  • C.Ended every treaty with Native nations
7.What was the Trail of Tears?
  • A.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  • B.A trail for wagons going to Oregon
  • C.A road the Cherokee built to sell crops
8.What is a reservation?
  • A.A fort for the US Army
  • B.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
  • C.A ticket for a seat on a train

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  2. 2.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  3. 3.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  4. 4.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  5. 5.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  6. 6.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  7. 7.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  8. 8.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law

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