Wars for the West

Which Apache avoided capture until 1884?

• Quanah Parker

• Parker Stevens

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

Buffalo Soldiers were African American soldiers who fought against the Plains Indians.

• True

• False

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

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

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. 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

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 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories in the West?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Tordesillas

Who was the leader of the Lakota Sioux during the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Crazy Horse

• Sitting Bull

• Red Cloud

• Geronimo

What was the primary purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?

• To provide land for Native American tribes

• To encourage settlement in the West

• To establish national parks

• To build railroads