Buffalo Soldiers Quiz

What is the most likely reason the author wrote The Buffalo Soldiers?

• to entertain the reader with folktales about the Buffalo Soldiers

• to inform the reader about the history of the Native Americans

• to persuade the reader to visit historical sites in the Southwest

• to inform the reader about the history and influence of the Buffalo Soldiers

Which of the following is not a reason many black men joined the army after the Civil War?

• There was an opportunity to learn to read and write.

• It was hard to find work.

• They were given land after they served.

• The army provided food, shelter, and opportunity.

What was the effect of the U.S. government taking land from the Native Americans?

• Native Americans were forced to live on poorer land.

• Regiments of black soldiers were ordered to protect towns and supplies.

• Some tribes became angry and began taking back land.

• All the above.

The black soldiers were given the name Buffalo Soldiers by...

• former slave owners

• Colonel Benjamin Grierson

• A regiment of white soldiers

• the Native Americans

The word regiment means...

• a military unit made of two or more large groups of soldiers

• a small group of soldiers who ride horses

• a group of soldiers who fight on foot

• a group of soldiers stationed in the Southwest

What caused conflict between Native peoples and the U.S. government?

• The government wanted to defend the land it owned from Native Peoples.

• Native peoples wanted to live on the reservations set aside by the U.S. government.

• Native peoples wanted to break treaties with the government to give land to the pioneers.

• The government wanted to force Native peoples off their land so white people could settle there.

What caused conflict between Native peoples and the U.S. government?

• The government wanted to defend the land it owned from Native Peoples.

• Native peoples wanted to live on the reservations set aside by the U.S. government.

• Native peoples wanted to break treaties with the government to give land to the pioneers.

• The government wanted to force Native peoples off their land so white people could settle there.

Why did the author include information about Native peoples and their lands in section "Out West?"

• To show the different ways the buffalo were crucial to Native peoples' lifestyles.

• To give background for why Black soldiers were sent to enforce laws and protect settles.

• To compare the lives of Native peoples on the Great Plains and buffalo soldiers in the army.

• To describe how buffalo soldiers created reservations that Native peoples were forced to move onto.

What is the author's purpose for writing the section The Legacy of The Buffalo Soldiers?

• To list the various books and movies that describe how buffalo soldiers served

• To describe the many roles buffalo soldiers played in the country's early history

• To persuade readers to visit museums and monuments that honor buffalo soldiers

• To demonstrate that people came to appreciate the contributions of buffalo

land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans

• service
• frontier
• reservations