1)  What was the overriding factor in the defeat of the Plains Indians and disruption of their traditional lifestyle?

a)  the introduction of the horse
b)  the demise of the buffalo
c)  the end of the cattle drive
d)  the introduction of sheep and goats into the same grasslands.

Hint:  page 180-81

2)  All of the following were examples of the conflict between Mexican Americans and Anglos in the late part of the 19th century EXCEPT:

a) the Salt War of 1877
b)  the abortive revolutionary stirrings led by Catarino Garza in 1891-1892
c)  the Sutton-Taylor feud waged in DeWitt and surrounding counties.
d)  the Rio Grande City Riot of 1888

Hint:  pages 188-190

3)  Ethnic groups that settled in numerous communities throughout Texas included all of the following EXCEPT:

a)  Italian immigrants in Montague County or in mining towns such as Thurber, in Erath County.
b).  Chinese immigrants in Robertson County that married local blacks, begetting the “black Chinese.”
c)  Silesian Poles that established Panna Maria, in Karnes County,  the mother of Polish settlements in Texas.
d)  Czech immigrants in Fayetteville in Fayette County and Serbin in Lee County.

Hint:  pages 198-200

4)  The population of Texas between 1880 and 1900 was predominantly:

a)  agriculturalist.
b)  young and female.
c)  urbanized.
d)  white male southerners.

Hint:  page 191

5)  All of the following factors led to the Indian displacement EXCEPT:

a) the thinning of the great buffalo herds by the 1870s and 1880s
b)  the Indians’ nomadic existence that resulted in the lack of a system of supply depots and armories essential for protracted warfare.
c)  the ruthless measures taken by the new U. S. Army’s military offensive following the Salt Creek Massacre.
d)  the inexorable, sudden and overwhelming movement of whites into the Great Plains.

Hint:  pages 176-181

6) Although starting in Brownsville and going through Albany, Texas, the ________ Trail began at Albany before heading west to Fort Sumner and across the whole width of New Mexico.

a) Great Western
b) Loving
c) Jim Stinson
d) Goodnight

Hint:  page 182

7) The largest town in Texas in 1870, with a population of 14,000, was:

a) Houston
b) Galveston
c) San Antonio
d) Dallas

Hint:  page 191

8) Modern-day Calvert is the home of a unique racial group, the “_______.”

a) Silesian Poles
b) Galician Poles
c) Black Chinese
c) Black Seminoles

Hint:  page 198

9) All of the following statements are true about the buffalo soldiers EXCEPT:

a) The buffalo soldiers served brilliantly in spite of discrimination, prejudice and segregation.
b) The buffalo soldiers made significant contributions to the peace, security, and settlement of West Texas.
c) The buffalo soldiers experienced the effects of the most rampant violence as they served in East Texas communities.
d) The buffalo soldiers served in the Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty-fourth Infantry.

Hint: pages 196-197

10) Which religious denomination appealed the most to African Americans due to its theology and autonomous structure?

a) Methodist
b) Baptist
c) Episcopal
d) Presbyterian

Hint:  page 196