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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 government boarding schools of the late 1800s try to make Native children do?
  • A.Learn their nation's history from their elders
  • B.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  • C.Speak only their own languages
2.Why was the destruction of the buffalo herds a disaster for Plains nations?
  • A.Buffalo were their main crop
  • B.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  • C.They used buffalo only for racing
3.In 1877 Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce on a long retreat. Where were they trying to go?
  • A.To Mexico, to look for gold
  • B.To Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
  • C.To Washington, D.C., to join the army
4.What was the Trail of Tears?
  • A.A trail for wagons going to Oregon
  • B.A road the Cherokee built to sell crops
  • C.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
5.What did the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 do?
  • A.Ended every treaty with Native nations
  • B.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  • C.Moved all Native nations to Oklahoma
6.What did President Andrew Jackson do after the Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee in 1832?
  • A.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  • B.He resigned from office
  • C.He gave the Cherokee more land in Georgia
7.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
8.How did many Seminole people respond to removal from Florida?
  • A.They joined the Confederacy
  • B.They moved to Canada
  • C.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

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  1. 1.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  2. 2.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  3. 3.To Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
  4. 4.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  5. 5.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  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.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars

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