TX20 - West Texas Wars

Which era of Texas History is missing from this chronological list?

Republic of Texas

Early Statehood

______?????_______

Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads

• Civil War and Reconstruction

• Age of Contact

• Texas Revolution

• Spanish Colonial Era

Which era of Texas History is missing from this chronological list?

Republic of Texas

__________?????__________

Civil War and Reconstruction

Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads

• Early Statehood

• Natural Texas and Its People

• Age of Oil

• Mexican National Era

Which of these Native Americans was the half-white, half-Comanche chief who fought against the U.S. Army at first (but later learned to cooperate with the U.S government)?

• Quanah Parker

• Ten Bears

• Satanta

• Victorio

Which of these statements about Quanah Parker is FALSE?

• He was killed at the Battle of Palo Douro Canyon

• He was the son of a captured white mother and a Comanche father

• He led the Native Americans in their attack at Adobe Walls

• He eventually moved to a reservation and became a cattle rancher

What nickname was given to the area of land controlled by the Comanche Indians?

• Comancheria

• No Man’s Land

• Happy Hunting Grounds

• Neutral Territory

The U.S government attempted to make peace with the Indian leaders at -

• Medicine Lodge Creek

• Palo Duro Canyon

• Green River

• Cheyenne Pass

The U.S. army strategy for defeating the Native Americans had two parts: 1) destroy their villages, and 2) -

• destroy the herds of buffalo

• get them to fight each other

• pay them to move onto reservations

• poison their water supply

Who were the “Buffalo Soldiers”?

• African American cavalry soldiers who fought against the hostile Native Americans

• men who were hired to hunt the herds of buffalo

• Native American warriors who went into battle wearing buffalo skins

• NONE of these are correct

At the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, the U.S. Army managed to capture -

• the Indian’s horses and winter food supply

• the chiefs of the Comanche and Cheyenne tribes

• the weapons used by the Kiowa and Apache warriors

• the trains that the Indians traveled on

Which of these maps clearly identifies the area that was controlled by the Comanche Indians?

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