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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 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
2.What did government boarding schools of the late 1800s try to make Native children do?
  • A.Speak only their own languages
  • B.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  • C.Learn their nation's history from their elders
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 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
5.What is a reservation?
  • A.A fort for the US Army
  • B.A ticket for a seat on a train
  • C.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
6.How did many Seminole people respond to removal from Florida?
  • A.They moved to Canada
  • B.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  • C.They joined the Confederacy
7.Sitting Bull was a Lakota leader. What did he resist?
  • A.Trading horses with other nations
  • B.Building schools for Lakota children
  • C.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
8.About how many Cherokee people died during removal?
  • A.About 40
  • B.About 4,000
  • C.About 400,000

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  2. 2.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  3. 3.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  4. 4.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  5. 5.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
  6. 6.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  7. 7.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  8. 8.About 4,000

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