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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.Speak only their own languages
  • B.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  • C.Learn their nation's history from their elders
2.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
3.About how many Cherokee people died during removal?
  • A.About 40
  • B.About 4,000
  • C.About 400,000
4.How did many Seminole people respond to removal from Florida?
  • A.They moved to Canada
  • B.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  • C.They joined the Confederacy
5.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.Give Native nations seats in Congress
  • C.Pay for new schools on Native lands in the East
6.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
7.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
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.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  2. 2.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  3. 3.About 4,000
  4. 4.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  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.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  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.