Conflicts with Native Americans

Why were forts built on the Texas frontier?

• to protect Native American lands from western settlers illegally building on Native American land

• to protect rancheros from losing cattle during the Civil War

• to protect western settlers on the frontier from Native American raids

• to protect U.S. lands from Mexican control

What did railroads NOT do to American Indians' lives?

• cut across their hunting grounds

• cut across lands they lived on

• cut across lands they farmed on

• cut across their cities

Whose culture relied heavily on the buffalo?

• The Native Americans who lived on the plains.

• The Native Americans who lived on the coasts.

• The Native Americans who lived on the reservations.

• The Texas settlers who lived in South Texas.

Why were white hunters killing so many buffalo?

• for the Native Americans

• for sport and profit

• for the frontier settlers

• for survival

What treaties did the Native American leaders sign before they left the plains and went to reservations?

• Quanah Parker Treaties

• Medicine Lodge Treaties

• Red River Treaties

• Reservation Treaties

What is a treaty?

• a contract between a person and a nation

• a rental agreement between two people

• an agreement between two nations

• a letter between two nations

Why did the U.S. government move the Native Americans off the plains?

• So they could catch more Texas cattle on the plains.

• They needed somewhere to put Native Americans who were from the coast.

• White settlers wanted their land.

• The U.S. government needed to build more forts.

Who did the Buffalo Soldiers battle with the most while in western forts?

• African Americans

• Freedmen

• White Settlers

• Native Americans

What land were most Native Americans forced to live on by the U.S. government?

• Arkansas

• North Texas

• New Mexico

• Oklahoma

Why did Native Americans called African American soldiers Buffalo Soldiers?

• They ran as fast as the buffalo did when fighting in skirmishes.

• The fought as a single unit and it reminded the Native Americans of the buffalo moving as a herd.

• They were fierce fighters with fiery eyes and dark, curly hair like the buffalo.

• Battles between the Native Americans and African Americans were always on the lands where they hunted the buffalo.