Frontier Notes Flashcards

1
Q

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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2
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How did white settlers feel about the Native Americans at the time?

A

they thought Natives were uncivilized and should be exterminated

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3
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What is a frontier?

A

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?

A

to protect settlements

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5
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why did conflict grow worse between the settlers and natvies

A

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

A

most influential Comanche leader of all time

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8
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what was parker’s father

A

a comanche chief

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9
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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

A

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

A

Cynthia Ann Parker was captured at 8 years old

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12
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what happened to Cynthia’s family

A

here family was killed

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13
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When was the Ft. Parker Massacre

A

1836

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14
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How did Cynthia die

A

She died of a broken heart

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15
Q

How did Quanah Parker honor his mother

A

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

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16
Q

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

A

-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?

A

Ulysses S. Grant

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20
Q

Who took charge of the reservation system?

A

Quakers

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21
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How were the Quakers different?

A

They were pacifists and treated the natives kindly.

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22
Q

what did the Quakers try to teach the natives?

A

how to farm

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23
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What started the Warren Wagon Train Raid?

A

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

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24
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What happened during the Warren Wagon Train Raid?

A

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?

A

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?

A

General William Sherman

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27
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why was General William Sherman sent to Texas?

A

to deal with the Native American problem

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28
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what was Sherman’s goal?

A

Force all Natives into reservations and Kill any who resist

29
Q

what was General Ranald Mackenzie?

A

to lead raids against natives

30
Q

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

A

repeating rifle

31
Q

what was the nickname for the repeating rifle?

A

“Gun that won the west”

32
Q

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

A

-better accuracy
- more ammo
- reload faster *

33
Q

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

A

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

33
Q

what did the Natives use buffalo for? (5)

A

homes
food,
clothes,
tools
weapons

33
Q

what was the most valuable part of the buffalo?

A

the hide

33
Q

what happened when the buffalo were gone?

A

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

33
Q

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

A

to remove natives tribes and relocate them to reservations

34
Q

Battle of Adobe Walls summary(3)

A

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

-Hunters held off natives
-Parker got injured and retreated

35
Q

Battle of Palo Duro Canyon (4)

A

-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
Q

what was significant about this battle

A

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

37
Q

Where and when did Quanah Parker surrender?

A

Palo Duro Canyon, 1874

38
Q

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
Q

who gave them the name “buffalo soldiers”

A

the natives

41
Q

why did Natives give them the name of buffalo soldiers

A

as a sign of respect for their fighting ability

42
Q

Victorio was chased down by who?

A

Buffalo Soldiers

43
Q

where was Victorio raiding?

A

along Rio Grande in Texas and Mexico

44
Q

what ended up happening to Victorio and the Apache

A

Soldiers killed him and his men

45
Q

who was Victorio

A

leader of the Apaches

46
Q

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
Q

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)

A
  • population decreased
  • remaining natives were forced to stay on reservations
  • it was rare to see natives anymore
49
Q

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
Q

corrupt

A

dishonest or immoral

51
Q

the Spanish word for “rancher”

A

ranchero

52
Q

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

A

drive

53
Q

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

A

open range

54
Q

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

A

stockyard

55
Q

to encourage people to take part in an activity

A

promote

56
Q

a group of investors who join together to fund a business

A

syndicate

57
Q

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

A

quarantine

58
Q

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

A

pacifism

59
Q

strong tissue that connects muscles to bones

A

sinew

60
Q

tactic

A

a course of action used to achieve a goal

61
Q

separated based on membership in a racial or ethnic group

A

segregated

62
Q

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

A

Buffalo Soldier

63
Q

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

A

deserter

64
Q

renegade

A

a person who rejects lawful behavior