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Texas History Frontier War

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1867 the U.S. government signed three treaties at _____ with five Native American groups in hopes of bringing peace on the plains.

a)

Cheyenne Mountain

b)

Fort Concho

c)

Fort Griffin

d)

Medicine Lodge Creek

2.

In return for moving to the reservation, what did the government promise to give the Native Americans?

a)

large amount of land for the reservation

b)

supplies

c)

no settlers or soldiers would enter the reservations

d)

all of them

3.

Who was Quanah Parker?

a)

Comanche chief who refused to go to the reservations

b)

known as the orator of the plains

c)

Kiowa leader who refused to go to the reservation

4.

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.

a)

Quanah Parker

b)

Cynthia Ann Parker

c)

Nocona

d)

Satanta

5.

What successful tactic did the U.S government come up with to defeat the Native Americans?

a)

slaughtering their main food source, the buffalo

b)

forcing them to move on to reservations

c)

slaughtering Native Americans

d)

none of the above

6.

Which area of Texas experienced the most fighting between the U.S. Army and Native Americans [mostly the Comanche, the Kiowa, and the Apache]?

a)

The Panhandle

b)

East Texas

c)

Gulf Coast

d)

Rio Grande

7.

___________________ were African American army units that served in the West.

a)

Union troops

b)

Buffalo soldiers

c)

Confederate troops

d)

Texas Rangers

8.

Quanah Parker died in the battle at Palo Duro Canyon.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of the following was not a job of the buffalo soldiers?

a)

fought in border battles

b)

built roads

c)

served side by side with white soldiers

d)

patrolled the frontier

10.

A ___ is land set aside by the government for Native Americans.

a)

realignment

b)

encampment

c)

nation

d)

reservation

11.

During this time, what was happening to the buffalo population?

a)

increased rapidly

b)

stayed about the same

c)

decreased rapidly

d)

they disappeared

12.

Why were buffalo populations decreasing?

a)

disease

b)

not enough food

c)

they got old

d)

overhunting

13.

An undeveloped area, wilderness

a)

desert

b)

valley

c)

frontier

d)

city

14.

Corrupt

a)

dishonest or immoral

b)

the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts

c)

a course of action used to achieve a goal

15.

tactic

a)

the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts

b)

a course of action used to achieve a goal

c)

dishonest or immoral

16.

Sinew

a)

dishonest or immoral

b)

strong tissue that connects muscles to bones

c)

the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts

17.

segregated

a)

separated based on membership in a racial or ethnic groups

b)

an African American soldier serving in the western United States after the Civil War

c)

a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve

18.

buffalo soldier

a)

the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts

b)

a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve

c)

an African American soldier serving in the western United States after the Civil War

19.

deserter

a)

a person who rejects lawful behavior

b)

an African American soldier serving in the western United States after the Civil War

c)

a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve