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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.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  • B.The first railroad in Georgia
  • C.A treaty giving away Cherokee land
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 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
4.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
5.What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 allow the president to do?
  • A.Pay for new schools on Native lands in the East
  • B.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  • C.Give Native nations seats in Congress
6.What did President Andrew Jackson do after the Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee in 1832?
  • A.He resigned from office
  • B.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  • C.He gave the Cherokee more land in Georgia
7.How do many Native nations govern themselves today?
  • A.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  • B.As colonies ruled by Britain
  • C.They do not govern themselves at all
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 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  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.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  5. 5.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  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.About 4,000

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