History Chapter 8

Who was the president of Mexico?

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• Brigham Young

Who was the president of Texas?

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• Brigham Young

A person who is the first to settle in an area is a

• miner

• merchant

• pioneer

Who wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language?

• Brigham Young

• Henry and Eliza Spalding

• Santa Anna

Who became a leader of the Mormons?

• Santa Anna

• Sam Houston

• Brigham Young

Manifest Destiny was the belief that God gave Americans all the lands between

• California and Texas

• Texas and Mexico

• The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

President Polk wanted California because it had excellent

• port cities

• factories

In the War with Mexico, who had better leaders?

• the Americans

• the Mexicans

Forty-niners were

• people who played football

• people who were about to turn 50

• people who rushed to California to find gold

What is someone who gets natural resources from the earth?

• pioneer

• miner

• merchant