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WorksheetsTexas History Frontier War
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
In 1867 the U.S. government signed three treaties at _____ with five Native American groups in hopes of bringing peace on the plains.
Cheyenne Mountain
Fort Concho
Fort Griffin
Medicine Lodge Creek
In return for moving to the reservation, what did the government promise to give the Native Americans?
large amount of land for the reservation
supplies
no settlers or soldiers would enter the reservations
all of them
Who was Quanah Parker?
Comanche chief who refused to go to the reservations
known as the orator of the plains
Kiowa leader who refused to go to the reservation
She was an Anglo woman who has been captured as a child, but grew up with the Comanche, married & had children before being recaptured and sent back to live with Texas settlers.
Quanah Parker
Cynthia Ann Parker
Nocona
Satanta
What successful tactic did the U.S government come up with to defeat the Native Americans?
slaughtering their main food source, the buffalo
forcing them to move on to reservations
slaughtering Native Americans
none of the above
Which area of Texas experienced the most fighting between the U.S. Army and Native Americans [mostly the Comanche, the Kiowa, and the Apache]?
The Panhandle
East Texas
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande
___________________ were African American army units that served in the West.
Union troops
Buffalo soldiers
Confederate troops
Texas Rangers
Quanah Parker died in the battle at Palo Duro Canyon.
True
False
Which of the following was not a job of the buffalo soldiers?
fought in border battles
built roads
served side by side with white soldiers
patrolled the frontier
A ___ is land set aside by the government for Native Americans.
realignment
encampment
nation
reservation
During this time, what was happening to the buffalo population?
increased rapidly
stayed about the same
decreased rapidly
they disappeared
Why were buffalo populations decreasing?
disease
not enough food
they got old
overhunting
An undeveloped area, wilderness
desert
valley
frontier
city
Corrupt
dishonest or immoral
the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts
a course of action used to achieve a goal
tactic
the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts
a course of action used to achieve a goal
dishonest or immoral
Sinew
dishonest or immoral
strong tissue that connects muscles to bones
the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts
segregated
separated based on membership in a racial or ethnic groups
an African American soldier serving in the western United States after the Civil War
a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve
buffalo soldier
the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts
a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve
an African American soldier serving in the western United States after the Civil War
deserter
a person who rejects lawful behavior
an African American soldier serving in the western United States after the Civil War
a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve
