Buffalo Soldiers

What is the most likely reason the author wrote The Buffalo Soldiers?

• to entertain the reader with folktales about the Buffalo Soldiers

• to inform the reader about the history of the Native Americans

• to persuade the reader to visit historical sites in the Southwest

• to inform the reader about the history and influence of the Buffalo Soldiers

Which of the following events happened first?

• The 10th was stationed in different places around Kansas and Indian Territory

• The U.S. government tried to force Apache tribes to move to reservations in Arizona.

• The Buffalo Soldiers fought in the Spanish-American War.

• The army paid black soldiers the same as white soldiers.

Which of the following is not a reason many black men joined the army after the Civil War?

• There was an opportunity to learn to read and write.

• It was hard to find work.

• They were given land after they served.

• The army provided food, shelter, and opportunity.

Colonel Benjamin Grierson was unusual because

• he refused to fight the Native Americans

• he agreed to lead a regiment of black soldiers

• he did not want to be paid for his services

• all the above

What was the effect of the U.S. government taking land from the Native Americans?

• Native Americans were forced to live on poorer land.

• Regiments of black soldiers were ordered to protect towns and supplies.

• Some tribes became angry and began taking back land.

• All the above.

The word opportunity means...

• to lose something

• a chance to do something

• to do something over again

• to forget something

The black soldiers were given the name Buffalo Soldiers by...

• former slave owners

• Colonel Benjamin Grierson

• A regiment of white soldiers

• the Native Americans

The word regiment means...

• a military unit made of two or more large groups of soldiers

• a small group of soldiers who ride horses

• a group of soldiers who fight on foot

• a group of soldiers stationed in the Southwest

White and black soldiers were kept separate until

• the Civil War

• the Korean War

• the Spanish-American War

• World War I

What was the main reason why the 10th Cavalry was sent to Texas?

• The government needed people to work in the national parks.

• The government no longer needed the 10th cavalry

• The government was trying to force the Apache tribes to move to a reservation.

• The government combined the 10th Cavalry with the 11th Calvary.