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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 Removal Act of 1830 allow the president to do?
  • A.Give Native nations seats in Congress
  • B.Pay for new schools on Native lands in the East
  • C.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
2.What did Sequoyah create in 1821?
  • A.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  • B.A treaty giving away Cherokee land
  • C.The first railroad in Georgia
3.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
4.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
5.What did government boarding schools of the late 1800s try to make Native children do?
  • A.Learn their nation's history from their elders
  • B.Speak only their own languages
  • C.Give up their own languages and ways of life
6.What was the Trail of Tears?
  • A.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  • B.A road the Cherokee built to sell crops
  • C.A trail for wagons going to Oregon
7.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
8.Why was the destruction of the buffalo herds a disaster for Plains nations?
  • A.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  • B.Buffalo were their main crop
  • C.They used buffalo only for racing

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  2. 2.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  3. 3.To Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
  4. 4.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  5. 5.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  6. 6.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  7. 7.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  8. 8.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter

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