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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.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  • B.Learn their nation's history from their elders
  • C.Speak only their own languages
2.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
3.In 1877 Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce on a long retreat. Where were they trying to go?
  • A.To Washington, D.C., to join the army
  • B.To Mexico, to look for gold
  • C.To Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
4.Sitting Bull was a Lakota leader. What did he resist?
  • A.Trading horses with other nations
  • B.Building schools for Lakota children
  • C.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
5.What did Sequoyah create in 1821?
  • A.The first railroad in Georgia
  • B.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  • C.A treaty giving away Cherokee land
6.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
7.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
8.About how many Cherokee people died during removal?
  • A.About 400,000
  • B.About 40
  • C.About 4,000

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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.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  3. 3.To Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
  4. 4.Being forced onto reservations and losing the Black Hills
  5. 5.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  6. 6.Made Native Americans born in the United States citizens
  7. 7.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal
  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.