Unit 9 Test Review: Cotton, Cattle, and Railroad

Front

Who was the Kiowa chief who led the attack that was known as the "Salt Creek Massacre"?

Back

Satanta

Front

Who was the Comanche chief who continued to raid Texas settlements, was defeated and eventually found success as a cattle rancher?

Back

Quanah Parker

Front

What animal was used by the Plains Indians as a source of food, clothing, shelter, tools, and more?

Back

Buffalo

Front

What was the U.S. Army's strategy for defeating the Plains Indians?

Back

Destroy their villages and buffalo herds.

Front

Who was the Apache war chief that was eventually chased into Mexico and killed?

Back

Victorio

Front

What was the nickname that the Plains Indians gave to the African American cavalry fighters?

Back

Buffalo Soldiers

Front

Men hired to slaughter herds of buffalo and take their skins.

Back

buffalo hunters

Front

Skilled horsemen who brought law and order to Texas.

Back

Texas Rangers

Front

native Texans who lived in teepees and hunted on horseback

Back

Plains Indians

Front

Who originally formed the Texas Rangers in 1823 to protect the settlements of Texas?

Back

Stephen F. Austin