West Texas Wars

What actions did Sherman order following the Warren Wagon Train Raid?

• to find all of the Native American leaders and put them on trial

• to slow settlement by Anglo Americans in West Texas

• to build forts throughout the Panhandle and West Texas

• to destroy the camps of Native Americans not living on reservations

True or False: The Native Americans who attacked the Warren Wagon Train had left their reservation in Indian Territory.

• True

• False

Why did the governor change Satanta’s sentence from death to life in prison?

• Davis wanted Native Americans to see a positive side of Texas justice.

• Texas officials did not believe that Satanta was guilty.

• Davis believed Satanta’s execution would cause a war.

• Most Texans did not want Satanta put to death.

My mother was an Anglo who was captured by the Comanche. I was the last Chief of the Comanche and my tribe roamed in West Texas and Palo Duro Canyon. I eventually joined mainstream American culture and posed for many pictures. Who Am I?

• Yellow Jacket

• Quanah Parker

• Chief Nocona

• Gio Royal

Texas range wars in the late 1800s was a result of _.

• Sharecroppers migrating westward

• Railroads being built on Indian land

• Ranchers/farmers fencing land with barbed wire

• European immigrants moving to West Texas

What nickname did the Native Americans give to the African American soldiers who were stationed in the frontier forts?

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Red Raiders

• Black Eagles

• Buckskins

What is the best way to describe society in Texas from 1860-1900?

• drilling for oil and developing an export economy

• cattle drives and wars with Native Americans

• Women and African Americans fighting for civil rights

• Independence from Mexico and democratic government

What was the primary cause of the West Texas Wars?

• A) Disputes over cattle ranching

• B) Conflicts between settlers and Native Americans

• C) Gold mining rights

• D) Railroad expansion

Which Native American tribe was most involved in the West Texas Wars?

• A) Apache

• B) Cherokee

• C) Comanche

• D) Sioux

What was the outcome of the West Texas Wars for the Native American tribes involved?

• A) They gained more territory

• B) They were forced onto reservations

• C) They formed an alliance with settlers

• D) They won independence