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WorksheetsUnit 8-Ch. 18 Conflicts on the Frontier
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
A Buffalo Soldier was an _____-______ serving in the Western United States after the Civil War.
Fill in the blanks
Fill in the blanks
a)
Mexican-Amerrican
b)
Italian-American
c)
African-American
2.
A deserter is a person who _____________ leaves the armed forces while still required to serve.
a)
legally
b)
illegally
c)
forecefully
d)
happily
3.
A renegade is a person who
a)
rejects lawful behavior
b)
reads about the Civil War
c)
guards the U.S. border
4.
What was the name of the Treaty the U.S. government wanted to make with the Native Americans?
a)
The Treaty of the Rio United
b)
The Treaty of Medicene Lodge Creek
c)
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildalgo
5.
Who was the President of the United States at the time of the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Sam Houston
6.
Who was Quanah Parker?
a)
A Native American Chief who did not sign the treaty
b)
A Tejano who rejected the idea of the Treaty
c)
An Anglo-American in favor of the Treaty
7.
What land was given to American Indians to live on?
a)
Kansas
b)
Kentucky
c)
Ohio
d)
Oklahoma
8.
American Indians of the Great Plains used what animal for food, clothing, shelter, tools, etc?
a)
Buffalo
b)
Deer
c)
Moose
d)
Ostrich
9.
Who created reservations for American Indians to live on?
a)
President
b)
Aaron Burr, Sir
c)
Congress
10.
What state did the largest mass execution in U.S. history happen?
a)
Minnesota
b)
Wisconsin
c)
North Dakota
d)
South Dakota
11.
Who was murdered, which caused the massacre at Wounded Knee?
a)
Geronimo
b)
Sitting Bull
c)
Joseph
d)
Custer
12.
What was the last armed conflict between the U.S. government and Native Americans?
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Little Big Horn
c)
Wounded Knee
13.
President of the United States; signed the Indian Removal Act; supported westward expansion
a)
John Ross
b)
Abraham Baldwin
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
14.
What is the idea that American should spread across the North American continent known as?
a)
Patriotism
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Westward Expansion
d)
Treaty of New Echota
15.
The US Army that fought Native Americans in the West included all of the following groups EXCEPT
a)
Veterans of the Civil War
b)
Criminals & immigrants
c)
African-Americans
d)
Former Confederate soldiers
16.
Which of the following was NOT a use of the buffalo by Native Americans on the Plains?
a)
Meat for food
b)
Bones for weapons & tools
c)
Hides for clothing & shelter
d)
Transportation
17.
The group responsible for the large scale destruction of the buffalo on the American frontier was
a)
US Army
b)
Railroad companies
c)
Gold miners
d)
Cattle ranchers
18.
What invention brought huge amounts of people to the West?
a)
Steam boats
b)
Trolley’s
c)
Railroads
d)
Airplanes
19.
What was the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek?
a)
Provided reservations for Native Americans
b)
the treaty of peace with Eskimos
c)
the treaty between Americans and Mexico
20.
What is the importance of the Homestead Act, Dawes Act, and Morrill Act?
a)
they increased westward expansion and tensions between anglos and native americans
b)
they provided land grants
c)
they provided hope for native amerians
21.
Who was Quanah Parker?
a)
a comanche/american who helped bring peace
b)
a man who sailed a ship
c)
a man who fought native americans
22.
Buffalo Soldiers were known for ....
a)
Their skill and fighting ability
b)
killing buffalo
c)
singing with Bob Marley
23.
What were the wars that the Buffalo Soldiers fought most extensively in?
a)
Mexican-American war
b)
Indian Wars
c)
Civil War
24.
What did the Indians agree to in the Medicine Lodge Treaty?
a)
to move to reservations
b)
U.S. government would provide food and supplies
c)
to stop raiding white settlements
d)
all of these
25.
What year marked the end of the Texas wars with the Native Americans?
a)
1891
b)
1881
c)
1981
d)
1911
26.
Who was Cynthia Ann Parker?
a)
The wife of a Comanche war chief and mother to Quanah
b)
A Comanche medicine woman
c)
The wife of Quanah
d)
The first female Texas Ranger
27.
Land that lies beyond the border of a settled area is known as -
a)
wasteland
b)
frontier
c)
badlands
d)
boundary
28.
Which of these is the half-Anglo, half-Comanche chief who led the attack against buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls?
a)
Quanah Parker
b)
Kicking Bird
c)
Satanta
d)
Victorio
29.
What was significant about the Battle of Adobe Walls?
a)
it showed that the Native Americans could be defeated through military strength
b)
it showed that the U.S. Army could not properly defend against Native American attacks
c)
it showed the U.S. Army how important the buffalo was to the Native American culture
d)
it showed that the Comanche warriors were far better fighters than the army soldiers
30.
What important animal was slaughtered by the U.S. Army and Anglo hunters as a way of defeating the Native Americans and forcing them to accept reservation life?
a)
buffalo
b)
horse
c)
deer
d)
bear
31.
Which region of Texas experienced the most fighting between the U.S. Army and Native Americans [mostly the Comanche, the Kiowa, and the Apache]?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Gulf Plains
32.
Which of these men was the U.S. Army General who changed the army's strategy concerning Native Americans [going from defending to attacking] in the early 1870s?
a)
William T. Sherman
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Thomas R. Wilson
d)
Richard M. Cobb
33.
In 1867, a peace treaty between the U.S. government and the Plains Indians was signed at ________________________ .
a)
Medicine Lodge Creek
b)
Palo Duro Canyon
c)
Big Bend National Park
d)
the state capital in Austin, Texas
34.
Which two Native American groups were causing the most trouble for white settlers and the U.S. Army during this time period?
a)
Comanche and Kiowa
b)
Caddo and Wichita
c)
Jumano and Tigua
d)
Karankawa and Coahuiltecan
35.
Which Native American group controlled most of the "Great Plains" region of Texas?
a)
Comanche
b)
Karankawa
c)
Jumano and Eastern Pueblo
d)
Caddo
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