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Frontier Notes Flashcards

1
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Why were settlers in Texas vulnerable to Native attacks during the Civil War?

A

all American men had left for war

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How did white settlers feel about the Native Americans at the time?

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they thought Natives were uncivilized and should be exterminated

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3
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What is a frontier?

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Area at the edge of a settlement and was very dangerous

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4
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why were forts established on the frontier?

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to protect settlements

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5
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why did conflict grow worse between the settlers and natvies

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settlers began expanding west into Native territory

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6
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what were the troubles on the frontier (3)

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  1. Forts were too far apart and had a shortage of supplies
  2. soldiers were inexperienced
  3. Native Americans attacked quickly and disappeared
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7
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who was Quanah Parker

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most influential Comanche leader of all time

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8
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what was parker’s father

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a comanche chief

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what was parker’s mother’s name

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Cynthia Ann Parker

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10
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what was parker’s mother

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a white woman who had been captured as a child

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11
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What happened at the Ft. Parker Massacre

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Cynthia Ann Parker was captured at 8 years old

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12
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what happened to Cynthia’s family

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here family was killed

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13
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When was the Ft. Parker Massacre

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1836

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14
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How did Cynthia die

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She died of a broken heart

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15
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How did Quanah Parker honor his mother

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He took his mother’s last name after she died.

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16
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Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek (What did U.S. promise to give Natives) (3)

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-3,000 acres of reservation land
- to continuously give supplies
- No Americans would be allowed on the Reservations

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17
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Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek (What did Natives promise) (2)

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  • to live on the reservations; no more roaming the plains
  • to stop raiding the settlements
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18
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why did the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek fail? (3)

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-U.S. government didn’t keep promise for supplies and food

  • Natives didn’t want to move to Oklahoma and abandon their lifestyle
  • Many agents in charge of the reservations were corrupt and sold supplies for their own profit
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19
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which president announced a new peace treaty in 1869?

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Ulysses S. Grant

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20
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Who took charge of the reservation system?

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Quakers

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21
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How were the Quakers different?

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They were pacifists and treated the natives kindly.

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22
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what did the Quakers try to teach the natives?

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how to farm

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23
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What started the Warren Wagon Train Raid?

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The government didn’t bring supplies and food to the reservations.

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What happened during the Warren Wagon Train Raid?

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The Natives left their reservations and began raiding Texas settlements. Comanche leaders attacked a wagon

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25
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How did the Natives treat the Americans during the Warren Wagon Train Raid?

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They were violent

Burned white men alive

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26
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Who was sent to investigate after the Train Raid?

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General William Sherman

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27
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why was General William Sherman sent to Texas?

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to deal with the Native American problem

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28
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what was Sherman’s goal?

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Force all Natives into reservations and Kill any who resist

29
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what was General Ranald Mackenzie?

A

to lead raids against natives

30
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what was the name of the rifle that Texas Rangers used?

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repeating rifle

31
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what was the nickname for the repeating rifle?

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“Gun that won the west”

32
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How did the repeating rifle give Americans an advantage over Native Americans? (3)

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-better accuracy
- more ammo
- reload faster *

33
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Why did the U.S. want to kill the buffalo

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if buffalos were gone, tribes would lose their way of life

33
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what did the Natives use buffalo for? (5)

A

homes
food,
clothes,
tools
weapons

33
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what was the most valuable part of the buffalo?

A

the hide

33
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what happened when the buffalo were gone?

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Natives were forced in reservations and had to rely of the government for food

33
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Why did the U.S. Army start the Red River Wars?

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to remove natives tribes and relocate them to reservations

34
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Battle of Adobe Walls summary(3)

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-Quanah Parker led 700 people and attacked 28 buffalo hunters camp at Adobe Walls

-Hunters held off natives
-Parker got injured and retreated

35
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Battle of Palo Duro Canyon (4)

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-Ranald McKenzie +500 cavalry troops launched a surprise attack on plains tribes in PDC

  • burned villages
  • killed over a thousand horses
  • destroyed winter food supply*
36
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what was significant about this battle

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-very low deaths
- because Americans took supplies, it was unlikely Natives would survive through winter

37
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Where and when did Quanah Parker surrender?

A

Palo Duro Canyon, 1874

38
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what did Parker teach the Comanche people?

A

-brang education
-ability to survive

39
Q

what was a buffalo soldier?

A

African Americans who served in the military

40
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who gave them the name “buffalo soldiers”

A

the natives

41
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why did Natives give them the name of buffalo soldiers

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as a sign of respect for their fighting ability

42
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Victorio was chased down by who?

A

Buffalo Soldiers

43
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where was Victorio raiding?

A

along Rio Grande in Texas and Mexico

44
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what ended up happening to Victorio and the Apache

A

Soldiers killed him and his men

45
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who was Victorio

A

leader of the Apaches

46
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what reputation did the Texas Rangers have?

A

they had bad reputation for being cruel

they were known for being ruthless, acted above the law

  • targeted certain people
47
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what did Juan Cortina fight for?

A

unfair treatment/tried to protect right of Mexicans and Tejanos

48
Q

How did the Native Americans change in Texas in the 1800s (3)

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  • population decreased
  • remaining natives were forced to stay on reservations
  • it was rare to see natives anymore
49
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How did the white settlers change in Texas in the 1800s (3)

A

-population increased
- railroad lines were expanded to about 9,000 miles
- they could easily move form East to West Texas

50
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corrupt

A

dishonest or immoral

51
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the Spanish word for “rancher”

A

ranchero

52
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the movement of cattle in large herds to a stockyard or market

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drive

53
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public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle

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open range

54
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a place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered or shipped elsewhere

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stockyard

55
Q

to encourage people to take part in an activity

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promote

56
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a group of investors who join together to fund a business

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syndicate

57
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a state of enforced isolation designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests

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quarantine

58
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the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts

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pacifism

59
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strong tissue that connects muscles to bones

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sinew

60
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tactic

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a course of action used to achieve a goal

61
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separated based on membership in a racial or ethnic group

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segregated

62
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an African American soldier serving in the western United States after the Civil War

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Buffalo Soldier

63
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a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve

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deserter

64
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renegade

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a person who rejects lawful behavior

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