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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

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1.How did many Seminole people respond to removal from Florida?
  • A.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  • B.They moved to Canada
  • C.They joined the Confederacy
2.How do many Native nations govern themselves today?
  • A.They do not govern themselves at all
  • B.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  • C.As colonies ruled by Britain
3.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
4.What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 allow the president to do?
  • A.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  • B.Pay for new schools on Native lands in the East
  • C.Give Native nations seats in Congress
5.What did the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 do?
  • A.Moved all Native nations to Oklahoma
  • B.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  • C.Ended every treaty with Native nations
6.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
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 resigned from office
  • C.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
8.Sitting Bull was a Lakota leader. What did he resist?
  • A.Trading horses with other nations
  • B.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  • C.Building schools for Lakota children

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

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  1. 1.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  2. 2.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  3. 3.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  4. 4.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  5. 5.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  6. 6.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  7. 7.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  8. 8.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills

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