Texas hist Quiz 1 and 2

Question 1

After the Civil War, the U.S. Army stopped Native American raids in West Texas

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In 1867 five Native American groups met with the U.S. government to discuss a treaty.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek was signed by the U.S. government and all of the leaders of the Native American groups that attended.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

President Grant tried to improve the reservation system for Native Americans.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

No Native American leaders agreed with the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

General Sherman worked for peace after the Warren Wagon Train Raid.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The Native Americans who attacked the Warren Wagon Train had left their reservation in Indian Territory.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Native Americans were required to register on reservations after President Grant put the army in charge of Native American affairs in West Texas.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

General Philip Sheridan opposed the slaughter of the buffalo.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Quanah Parker won a major victory in the attack on buffalo hunters.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Why did settlements in West Texas often come under attack by Native Americans during the Civil War?

Answer 11

The federal troops had been pulled out of Texas to fight in the East.

Question 12

What actions did Ulysses S. Grant take to change the reservation system?

Answer 12

He appointed church groups and missionaries to run the reservations.

Question 13

How did Native Americans break the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek?

Answer 13

They raided white settlements.

Question 14

How did the U.S. government break the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek?

Answer 14

by failing to provide supplies and allowing soldiers to enter reservations

Question 15

Why did the governor change Satanta’s sentence from death to life in prison?

Answer 15

Davis believed Satanta’s execution would cause a war.

Question 16

What was the purpose of the Red River Campaign?

Answer 16

to trap the Native Americans that refused to register on the reservations

Question 17

What was Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie’s role in the Red River Campaign?

Answer 17

led the attack in Palo Duro Canyon

Question 18

What actions did Sherman order following the Warren Wagon Train Raid?

Answer 18

to destroy the camps of Native Americans not living on reservations

Question 19

Which of the following events occurred last during the West Texas Wars?

Answer 19

Palo Duro Canyon - Red River War, took place in September 1874,