Black Frontiers Comprehension

What did John Lewis Solomon do so that he and his family could travel north?

• built his own raft

• borrowed money from his former master

• sold his farm

• threatened a boat captain with legal action

What did Indians show early settlers?

• how to use buffalo chips for cooking

• which weeds were best for fires

• which plants were useful

• how to build shelter

What actions made Benjamin Singleton a famous Exoduster?

• He planned famous Fourth of July celebrations.

• He introduced farming equipment in Oregon Territory.

• He helped establish a black baseball team.

• He helped establish black communities on free soil.

Which of these is a true generalization about Buffalo Soldiers?

• Most white officers refused to command them.

• Settlers usually resented their presence.

• They often received worse treatment than white troops.

• They usually won more medals than white soldiers.

Which of these states the MAIN purpose of this selection?

• to explain why so many blacks left the South

• to explain that blacks and whites started frontier lives

• to describe the harshness faced by black homesteaders

• to describe the variety of work done by frontier blacks

Which of these would be placed FIRST on a timeline?

• Ninth and Tenth Cavalry regiments are organized.

• Black baseball team is formed in Nicodemus, Kansas.

• 180,000 black troops fight with Union Army.

• Advertising for all-black communities begins.

What is the MAIN reason many black sharecroppers moved west?

• to start new communities

• to farm without being in debt

• to be granted their freedom

• to join cavalry or infantry troops

Which information works MOST effectively to keep your interest?

• the number of Buffalo Soldiers who received awards

• the information about real individuals and families

• the number of African Americans in the West

• the list of Indian tribes that U.S. soldiers might encounter

What is the section titled “Black Homesteaders” MOSTLY about?

• the climate and geography in the Midwest and Southwest

• the needs of new settlers in the Midwest and Southwest

• the loneliness felt by black settlers in the Midwest and Southwest

• the use of local resources by settlers in the Midwest and Southwest

What can be inferred from the section titled “The Exodusters”?

• White farmers gladly helped black homesteaders.

• Many of Exodusters worked hard to make it on their own.

• The celebrations held in Nicodemus and Dunlap attracted both black and white families.

• Nicodemus and Dunlap became the largest of the black communities.