Chapter 8: Moving West

How did mass production change how goods were made?

• Goods were made in factories

• Goods were made at a slower pace

• Goods were made at home

• Goods were made out of wood

Why did Americans keep trying to improve transportation?

• They were bored and needed something to do

• The British told them to

• They were trying to keep up with the rest of the world

• To make it easier and faster to transport goods

The ________ captured Santa Anna at the battle of ________________

• Mexicans, the Alamo

• Texans, San Jacinto

• Texans, the Alamo

• Mexicans, San Jacinto

How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo complete America's goal of manifest destiny?

• We finally defeated the Mexicans

• We were now able to trade with South America

• We finally reached the Pacific Ocean

• We now ruled the world

Why were animals important to the survival of pioneers on the westward trails? Select two answers.

• They pulled wagons

• They were able to be sold/traded

• They were their friends

• They were food

How were the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails all similar?

• They were trails used by the pioneers

• They all led west

• They followed the Platte river

• All of the above

Where did traders exchange American cloth for Mexican silver?

• Missouri

• Santa Fe

• Arizona

• California

All of the following were trails used to expand west EXCEPT

• Oregon Trail

• California Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Los Angeles Trail

Who opened a store in San Francisco in 1853 selling a new kind of work pants?

• Luzena Stanley Wilson

• Levi Strauss

• Wrangler

• Sam Houston

Why were the gold seekers called "forty-niners"?

• There was a football team named that

• They found 49 tons of gold

• There were 49 different locations to look for gold

• Most seekers came in 1849