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WorksheetsFrontier Wars in Texas Task Cards
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Representatives form the US government met with Native American Chiefs to sign what treaty in 1867?
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Medicine Lodge
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Standing Rock
What state were many Native American reservations formed in?
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Louisiana
Which Kiowa chief was sentenced to death and then set free?
Geronimo
Blackfoot
Santanta
Cherokee
A ___ is land set aside by the government for Native Americans.
realignment
encampment
nation
reservation
Which Native American leader worked to find a compromise between the Native Americans and the Texans?
Quanah Parker
Santanta
Cynthia Ann Parker
Geronimo
During this time, what was happening to the buffalo population?
increased rapidly
stayed about the same
decreased rapidly
they disappeared
What were African American cavalry units from Texas known as?
Camel Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers
c. Antelope Soldiers
d. Horse Soldiers
Who was the only African American officer in Texas?
Buffalo Bill
Bill Pickett
Harry Truman
Henry O Flipper
What river flows through the Palo Duro Canyon?
Red River
Rio Grande
Sabine River
Colorado River
What colonel led the charge that destroyed a Native American village in Palo Duro Canyon?
McArthur
McDonala
MacKenzie
MacReynolds
What is the largest cattle ranch in Texas?
XYZ Ranch
King Ranch
Queen Ranch
XIT Ranch
How did railroads change Texas?
improved transportation
improved communication
improved science
improved relationships
Why were buffalo populations decreasing?
disease
not enough food
they got old
overhunting
What was the effect of the Red River Wars?
Native Americans could live anywhere
Native Americans were sent to jail
Native Americans joined the army
Native Americans were moved to reservations
What modern city grew rapidly during the frontier days along a cattle trail?
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
El Paso
What do you call population movement?
communication
transportation
migration
segregation
What happened to cities along the railroad?
nothing
they shrank
they grew rapidly
they lost population
What invention allowed for faster communication over long distances?
texting
telegraph
the railroad
cattle drives
Life on the cattle drive was ___.
easy
boring
hard
safe
What became a better form of transportation during this time?
railroad
cars
steamboat
speed boat
