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Chapter 6:  New Land, New Beginnings



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

The Cutthroat Gap Massacre pitted Native Americans against one another.
 

 2. 

Mexico and Texas claimed land in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
 

 3. 

Thousands of Native Americans were relocated when Arkansas and Texas became states.
 

 4. 

Most of the Choctaw lived along the Canadian River in the early 1850s.
 

 5. 

Missionaries encouraged the tribes in Indian Territory to maintain their tribal customs.
 

 6. 

The Cherokee established schools for advanced learning.
 

 7. 

The Seminole were expected to live on Cherokee land and become part of the Cherokee Nation.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The expedition led by General Henry Leavenworth from Fort Gibson was sent in hopes of securing a peace treaty with all of the following Indians except the
A)
Apache.
B)
Comanche.
C)
Kiowa.
D)
Wichita.
 

 2. 

What fort was established as a site for further negotiations between the Native Americans and the whites after the Comanche refused to go to Fort Gibson?
A)
Fort Coffee
B)
Fort Mason
C)
Fort Towson
D)
Fort Washita
 

 3. 

What fort was built in Delaware County in the Cherokee Nation?
A)
Fort Arbuckle
B)
Fort Mason
C)
Fort Washita
D)
Fort Wayne
 

 4. 

Who was commissioned to survey the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation?
A)
Nathan Boone
B)
Jefferson Davis
C)
Isaac McCoy
D)
John Ross
 

 5. 

In what Oklahoma county was the first national buffalo preserve founded?
A)
Comanche
B)
Kiowa
C)
Osage
D)
Pushmataha
 

 6. 

Which action was NOT undertaken by unscrupulous traders?    
A)
charging ridiculously high prices for goods
B)
offering to sell whiskey to Native Americans
C)
pitting tribes against one another, inciting violence and bloodshed
D)
selling goods intended for the relocated Native Americans to others
 

 7. 

Which was NOT an early Choctaw school? 
A)
Armstrong Academy.
B)
Bloomfield Academy.
C)
New Hope Academy.
D)
Spencer Academy.
 

 8. 

What authority did the Light Horse police NOT have? 
A)
collect debts
B)
set tax rates
C)
destroy liquor
D)
fine anyone found with liquor
 

 9. 

Which missions was NOT located on Cherokee land in Indian Territory? 
A)
Dwight Mission
B)
Fairfield Mission
C)
Park Hill Mission
D)
Stockbridge Mission
 

Matching
 
 
Match the word with its definition.
A)
academy
F)
emigrant
B)
annuity
G)
literacy
C)
desperado
H)
minority
D)
destitute
I)
mission
E)
dragoons
J)
negotiations
 

 1. 

a person who leaves one country to settle in another
 

 2. 

a school similar to a high school
 

 3. 

bold outlaw
 

 4. 

a group of people who are a small part of a larger group
 



 
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