Chapter 17: Diverse Peoples of the West

1. _____________were a Spanish speaking people who lived in the West before white settlers arrived.

• Forty-Niners
• Mexicanos
• Mormons
• Nez Perce

People who came from all over the world to California in search of gold were known as ____________.

• Mexicanos
• Mormons
• Forty-Niners
• Oregon Pioneers

_______________came west looking for religious freedom.

• Mormons
• Chinese Immigrants
• Oregon Pioneers
• Mexicanos

The _____________were Native Americans who lived in the West (Oregon, Idaho, and Washington) before any other settlers arrived.

• Oregon Pioneers
• Mormons
• Chinese Immigrants
• Nez Perce

Women and men who loaded canvas covered wagons and moved west looking for a better life were called__________.

• Oregon Pioneers
• Mormons
• Mexicanos
• Forty Niners

_______________came to the West from Asia in hopes of earning money to send back to their families.

• Forty Niners
• Mormons
• Chinese Immigrants
• Oregon Pioneers

People used different routes and modes of transportation including covered wagons and boats to get to the West.

• True

• False

Some groups benefited (profited or gained) from the settlement of the West, while others were harmed.

• True

• False

Groups who lived and settled in the West all came for the same reason.

• True
• False

Many members of this group helped to build the transcontinental railroad.

• Mexicanos

• Chinese Immigrants

• Mormons

• Nez Perce