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Frontier Wars

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the lifestyle of Native American tribes change after the Civil War?

a)

Tribes were moved to reservations

b)

Tribes moved west to find buffalo

c)

Tribes experienced drought and famine

d)

Tribes switched to farming after the buffalo disappeared

2.

"I was the son of an American woman captured by the Comanches. I was the last Chief of the Comanches. I eventually assimilated into American culture and influenced other American Indians to do so."

a)

Prairie Flower

b)

The Raven

c)

Quanah Parker

d)

Peta Nocona

3.

Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?

a)

A group of cavalry soldiers who were trained to ride on buffalo.

b)

African American soldiers serving in the military post-Civil War

c)

A term used for soldiers who had been given the task of preserving the buffalo

d)

A group of soldiers who had abandoned their posts and were being hunted by the US Army

4.

These people slaughtered millions of buffalo taking away the livelihood of the native tribes.

a)

Buffalo Soldiers

b)

Texas Rangers

c)

Buffalo Hunters

d)

U.S. Army

5.

Which of the following is most responsible for the destruction of the Native American culture?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Secession

d)

Civil War

6.

“I have heard that you intend to set apart a reservation near the mountains. I don’t want to settle; I love to roam over the prairie; I feel free and happy; but when we settle down we get pale and die…A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; ....These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my buffalo; when I see that my heart feels like bursting.”

Who would have agreed with this quote?

a)

A Buffalo Soldier

b)

Quanah Parker

c)

A Texas Ranger

d)

Mirabeau Lamar

7.

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)

Horse

b)

Deer

c)

Bear

d)

Buffalo

8.

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)

North Central Plains

b)

Coastal Region

c)

Gulf Plains

d)

Great Plains

9.

The area beyond the limits of settlements is referred to as -

a)

Open Range

b)

The void

c)

Black hole

d)

Frontier

10.

The process in which the Government can take your property for the good of the community

a)

Foreclosure

b)

Abolition Movement

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Eminent Domain