Unit 8 Test Review: Cotton, Cattle & Railroads

Which Native American groups posed the greatest threat to Texas settlers in the 1860s?

• Kiowas, Comanches, Kickapoos

• Apaches, Kiowas, Cherokee

• Kickapoo, Apaches, Wichita

• Comanches, Wichitas, Kiowas

Why were frontier forts established in the era of Westward Expansion?

• Protect against Mexican Bandits

• House workers needed for the cattle drives

• Protect against hostile American Indians

• Control the frontier for the Confederacy

Texas had trouble defending their forts against Indian raids because....

• The forts were built within larger towns.

• The forts were not well guarded.

• The forts were old and run-down

• The forts were too far a part.

What advantages did the natives have over Texas soldiers?  Choose all that apply:

• They employed hit-and-run tactics

• They had better horses

• They knew the land well

• They were better warriors

Which of these eventually forced the Texas Natives to reservations?

• Extreme weather in the panhandle

• Treaties with the Confederacy.

• The capture of Native American chiefs like Quanah Parker.

• Destruction of their homes, food, horses, and the buffalo

What two groups were at war during the Frontier Wars?

• Union Army & Confederate Army

• Texas Natives & the Union Army

• U.S. Soldiers and the Texas Natives

• Texas Rangers & the Texas Natives

The Texas Panhandle is located in ______ Texas

• North

• South

• East

• West

Quanah Parker was a Comanche leader who:

• Led Kiowas & Comanches at the 2nd Battle of Adobe Walls

• Son of a captured white settler Cynthia Ann Parker

• Eventually forced onto a reservation in Oklahoma

How did the invention of barbed wire affect the cattle industry in Texas?

• The open range ceased to exist, and cattle drives ended.

• Everybody started have sheep ranches

• Ranchers were cut off from water sources, causing the Second Civil War

• The open range widened so that farmers expanded the frontier

Who were the Buffalo soldiers?

• African Americans who hunted buffalo.

• Native Americans who fought in the Civil War.

• Tejanos who fought with the confederacy.

• African Americans on horseback who helped chase Texas Indians.