Chapter 11 Westward Expansion

During the California Gold Rush,

• millions of people struck it rich.
• only a few people found even a trace of gold. Merchant did get rich however.
• many people discovered silver.
• many people discovered oil.

The huge population explosion in California led to

• the need for a transportation system from the East to the West.
• people following the Oregon Trail from West to East
• taxes being raised.
• Thousands of men striking it rich from gold.

Which state wanted to join the Union as a free state in 1850, just a year after the Gold Rush started?

• California
• Michigan
• Washington
• Georgia

Why was the South against California entering the union?

• California would upset the delicate balance of the Senate
• California wanted to be a slave state
• California was the scene of violence and bloodshed
• I don't have the foggiest idea

Who was known as the Great Compromiser?

• John C Calhoun
• Daniel Webster
• Henry Clay
• George Washington

Leader of the Mormon settlement in Utah

• John Jacob Astor
• Sam Houston
• Brigham Young
• Santa Anna

This route west stretched over 2,000 miles, from Missouri to Oregon and California.

• Oregon Trail
• Mormon Trail
• Sante Fe Trail
• Old Spanish Trail

All of these are challenges settlers faced on the trails west EXCEPT

• starvation
• fights with Native Americans
• long journey
• cheap expenses

Leader of Mexico and of the attack on the Alamo

• Stephen Austin
• Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Andrew Jackson

The belief that the United States was meant to expand to the Pacific Ocean

• democracy
• Californios
• manifest destiny
• westward expansion