Indian Wars

Why did Anglo American settlers move to Texas?

• to eat Tex Mex food

• to make their home here

• to see the Alamo

• to say they visited the largest state (at that time)

How did the Plains Indians react to the new Anglo settlers' arrival?

• They were excited to trade with them

• They were afraid so they hid from them

• They didn't like that the Anglos were moving onto their lands

• They held ceremonial welcome dances

After the Civil War, to whom did the settlers write for help?

• Stephen F. Austin

• the national government

• the governor of Texas

• Gen. Santa Anna

Buffalo Soldiers were sent by the US government. Which of the following is/are true about them?

• They were African Americans

• They wore buffalo skins as their uniforms

• They were known for being very strong and brave

• They had helmets with horns on them

Where were the reservations that the US Army soldiers tried to move the Plains Indians?

• in the pueblos of New Mexico

• in Indian Territory in present day Kansas

• in Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma

• south of Texas in Mexico

What did the buffalo hunters do when they arrived on trains to Texas?

• they shot hundreds of buffaloes for sport

• they took just their hides to sell them

• they gave the buffaloes they killed to the Indians as a peace offering

• they wasted the rest of the buffalo instead of using the meat

What is the battle that led to the Red River War?

• Clay Bricks

• Red Dirt

• Adobe Walls

• Cibola City

What was the turning point of the Black Hawk War?

• Black Hawk being shot and wounded in the stomach
• When a man was pulled off his horse
• A fist fight
• When Brigham Young decided to "fight them instead of feed them"

The group responsible for the large scale destruction of the buffalo on the American frontier was

• US Army
• Railroad companies
• Gold miners 
• Cattle ranchers

How did the Civil War impact the frontier?

• Native Americans pushed the frontier eastward

• Native Americans fled towards the Pacific Ocean

• There was no change in the frontier

• Native Americans quickly adopted new technologies like the telegraph