Ch.18 Lesson 2

What was one challenge the U.S. Army faced in stopping Native American raids in Texas?

• The Army had too many soldiers

• The Army lacked knowledge of frontier warfare

• Native Americans had superior weapons

• The Army received too much funding

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek?

• To force all Native Americans to move to Canada

• To relocate Native Americans onto reservations in Indian Territory

• To allow Native Americans to return to their original lands

• To give Texas settlers control over Native American land

How did President Ulysses S. Grant attempt to improve relations with Native Americans?

• By allowing settlers to move onto reservations

• By placing missionaries in charge of reservations

• By creating new treaties that returned land to Native Americans

• By disbanding the U.S. Army in Texas

What event convinced General Sherman that the peace policy had failed?

• The signing of the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek

• The Warren Wagon Train Raid

• The defeat of the Comanche by Colonel Mackenzie

• The construction of new settlements in Texas

What was one effect of the slaughter of the buffalo by white hunters?

• It helped Native Americans expand their hunting territories

• It forced Native Americans to become dependent on U.S. government supplies

• It led to peaceful relations between Native Americans and settlers

• It caused buffalo populations to grow too large

What was the result of Colonel Mackenzie’s attack on Native American villages in Palo Duro Canyon?

• Native Americans agreed to move to reservations

• The U.S. Army was defeated and forced to retreat

• Settlers left Central and West Texas

• Native Americans reclaimed lost land

Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?

• Native American warriors who fought settlers

• African American soldiers who served in the U.S. Army after the Civil War

• White soldiers who hunted buffalo

• Missionaries who helped Native Americans

What was the main reason the U.S. Army supported the slaughter of buffalo?

• To provide more meat for settlers

• To reduce the Native American food supply and force them onto reservations

• To protect Texas ranchers from buffalo attacks

• To create more land for farming

What happened after Quanah Parker led an unsuccessful attack at Adobe Walls?

• The Comanche gained control of West Texas

• The U.S. Army took over Native American affairs in West Texas

• The U.S. government made peace with the Comanche

• The buffalo population increased

What was the goal of the U.S. Army’s strategy against Native Americans who refused to live on reservations?

• To peacefully negotiate new treaties

• To force them into Canada

• To pursue and destroy Native American camps

• To give them full U.S. citizenship