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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.How do many Native nations govern themselves today?
  • A.As colonies ruled by Britain
  • B.They do not govern themselves at all
  • C.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
2.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
3.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 refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  • C.He resigned from office
4.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
5.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
6.About how many Cherokee people died during removal?
  • A.About 40
  • B.About 400,000
  • C.About 4,000
7.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
8.How did many Seminole people respond to removal from Florida?
  • A.They moved to Canada
  • B.They joined the Confederacy
  • 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.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  2. 2.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  3. 3.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  4. 4.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  5. 5.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  6. 6.About 4,000
  7. 7.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  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.