TX - 6.1b - Frontier Wars

Which of these is the half-Anglo, half-Comanche chief who led the attack against buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls?

• Quanah Parker
• Kicking Bird
• Satanta
• Victorio

What was the U.S. army strategy that led to the defeat of the Plains Indians?

• destroy Indian villages and destroy herds of buffalo
• pay the Plains Indian tribes $50,000 to move to reservations
• stop the flow of rivers through Indian territory
• burn million of acres of grassland in Indian territory

What was significant about the Battle of Adobe Walls?

• it showed that the Native Americans could be defeated through military strength
• it showed that the U.S. Army could not properly defend against Native American attacks
• it showed the U.S. Army how important the buffalo was to the Native American culture
• it showed that the Comanche warriors were far better fighters than the army soldiers

What important animal was slaughtered by the U.S. Army and Anglo hunters as a way of defeating the Native Americans and forcing them to accept reservation life?

• buffalo
• horse
• deer
• bear

In which decade of the 1800's did the U.S. Army finally defeat the Plains Indians and force them to live on reservations?

• 1870's
• 1830's
• 1850's
• 1890's

Which word means "complete destruction"?  [Example:  The animal was hunted until its "complete destruction".]

• extinction
• deviation
• irrigation
• reservation

Which of these was the nickname given to a group of African American cavalry soldiers who were effective fighters in the "war" against the Native Americans?

• Buffalo Soldiers
• Texas Rangers
• Frontier Battalion
• Native Fighters

Which region of Texas experienced the most fighting between the U.S. Army and Native Americans [mostly the Comanche, the Kiowa, and the Apache]?

• Great Plains
• North Central Plains
• Coastal Plains
• Gulf Plains