Frontier Wars in Texas Task Cards

Representatives form the US government met with Native American Chiefs to sign what treaty in 1867?

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Medicine Lodge

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Standing Rock

What state were many Native American reservations formed in?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• New Mexico

• Louisiana

Which Kiowa chief was sentenced to death and then set free?

• Geronimo

• Blackfoot

• Santanta

• Cherokee

A ___ is land set aside by the government for Native Americans.

• realignment

• encampment

• nation

• reservation

Which Native American leader worked to find a compromise between the Native Americans and the Texans?

• Quanah Parker

• Santanta

• Cynthia Ann Parker

• Geronimo

During this time, what was happening to the buffalo population?

• increased rapidly

• stayed about the same

• decreased rapidly

• they disappeared

What were African American cavalry units from Texas known as?

• Camel Soldiers

• Buffalo Soldiers

• c. Antelope Soldiers

• d. Horse Soldiers

Who was the only African American officer in Texas?

• Buffalo Bill

• Bill Pickett

• Harry Truman

• Henry O Flipper

What river flows through the Palo Duro Canyon?

• Red River

• Rio Grande

• Sabine River

• Colorado River

What colonel led the charge that destroyed a Native American village in Palo Duro Canyon?

• McArthur

• McDonala

• MacKenzie

• MacReynolds