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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.About how many Cherokee people died during removal?
  • A.About 4,000
  • B.About 400,000
  • C.About 40
2.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
3.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
4.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
5.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
6.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 Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
  • C.To Mexico, to look for gold
7.What was the Trail of Tears?
  • A.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  • B.A trail for wagons going to Oregon
  • C.A road the Cherokee built to sell crops
8.What did President Andrew Jackson do after the Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee in 1832?
  • A.He resigned from office
  • B.He gave the Cherokee more land in Georgia
  • C.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal

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Answer key — Native Nations and the Growing Nation

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.About 4,000
  2. 2.A writing system for the Cherokee language
  3. 3.Give up their own languages and ways of life
  4. 4.As nations with their own governments, laws and courts
  5. 5.They depended on buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  6. 6.To Canada, to avoid being forced onto a reservation
  7. 7.The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  8. 8.He refused to back the ruling and pressed ahead with removal

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