Age of Industry and Frontier test

Infer from the image above what caused the decline in the buffalo population between 1870 and 1889?

• many buffalo started roaming east

• buffalo were being hunted which caused a decrease in the population

• a disease caused many buffalo to die

• Native Americans stopped breeding buffalo

What problem arose as settlers moved west onto the frontier?

• Texas settlers were moving into Native American territory, destroying the Native American way of life.

• Texas settlers wouldn’t share their crops with Native Americans.

• Native Americans offered to surrender land to the settlers.

• Texas settlers appreciated the cultural differences between them and Native Americans.

Quanah Parker refused to sign the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek, along with many other Native American chiefs. What was the importance of the treaty and why would Parker refuse?

• Qunah Parker refused to accept Anglo American culture.

• Quanah Parker adopted western dress to show his tribe a different mind set that would ensure the survival of Comanche culture.

• Native Americans were jealous of Texas settlers.

• Texas settlers were racist against Native Americans.

Based on the image above, which of the following answer choices best reflect conflicts occurring after the Civil War?

• he US Mexican War

• Reconstruction

• buffalo soldiers fought with the Native Americans

• Mexican conflict on the border

How did the United States Army utilize ‘Buffalo Soldiers’ during the West Texas Wars?

• The US Army instructed ‘Buffalo Soldiers’ to kill off the many herds of buffalo destroying the plains.

• The ‘Buffalo Soldiers’ were the African American troops utilized to fight against the Native Americans that remained on the plains.

• The ‘Buffalo Soldiers’ guarded the supplies in the Native American reservations.

• The US Army asked the ‘Buffalo Soldiers’ to interpret between US Representatives and Native Americans.

Which statement below reflects the life of a cowboy?

• glamorous

• short work days

• luxurious vacations

• lonely and exhausting

The brief period of ranching cattle on the open range made cowboys a popular genre in movies, music, and books. Cowboys were often portrayed in these formats as big, Anglo American men, sometimes as outlaws who were quick to use a pistol, living a life that others envied. However, we know that cowboys actually-

• were all women hiding from the law, transporting herds for higher wages.

• lived exactly like western movies portrayed them, as men who took the law into their own hands and conquered the west.

• lived a very difficult life, with low wages, seasonal work that was sometimes dangerous, and were mostly Mexican American or African American.

• were all slaves at one point, and in debt to ranchers who held them on work contracts.

According to the map above, what feature of cattle trails made them vital to the transportation of cattle to eastern markets?

• crossing rivers

• eastward direction

• nearness of forts

• connections to railroads

Based on the map above, which trail would drivers from the San Antonio area most likely use to take cattle to market?

• Western Trail

• Chisholm Trail

• Goodnight Loving Trail

• Shawnee Trail

What did the expansion of the railroads bring to the frontier?

• population growth

• sharecropping

• lumber industry

• increased oil prices