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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.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
2.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
3.What is a reservation?
  • A.A fort for the US Army
  • B.A ticket for a seat on a train
  • C.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
4.What was the Trail of Tears?
  • A.A road the Cherokee built to sell crops
  • B.A trail for wagons going to Oregon
  • C.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
5.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.Speak only their own languages
  • C.Give up their own languages and ways of life
6.About how many Cherokee people died during removal?
  • A.About 400,000
  • B.About 4,000
  • C.About 40
7.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.Give Native nations seats in Congress
  • C.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
8.What did Sequoyah create in 1821?
  • A.A treaty giving away Cherokee land
  • B.The first railroad in Georgia
  • C.A writing system for the Cherokee language

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

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  1. 1.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  2. 2.They fought the US Army for years in the Seminole Wars
  3. 3.Land set aside for a Native nation by treaty or law
  4. 4.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  5. 5.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  6. 6.About 4,000
  7. 7.Make treaties to move Native nations west of the Mississippi
  8. 8.A writing system for the Cherokee language

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