BJU History 3 Chapter 8: The United States Spreads West

people who get natural resources from the earth

• forty-niners

• merchants

• miners

• pioneers

people who rushed to California in search of gold

• miners

• pioneers

• merchants

• forty-niners

people who were the first to settle an area

• miners

• merchants

• pioneers

• forty-niners

people who gained the most money from the California gold rush

• forty-niners

• merchants

• miners

• pioneers

Who was the president of Texas.

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• John Tyler

• James K. Polk

Who was the President of Mexico?

• John Tyler

• James K. Polk

• William H. Harrison

• Santa Anna

Who replaced Whigs with Democrats in the national government?

• John Tyler

• William H. Harrison

• James K. Polk

• Sam Houston

Who died while in office?

• William H. Harrison

• Sam Houston

• John Tyler

• James K. Polk

Who wanted to increase the borders of the US?

• Sam Houston

• Santa Ana

• James K. Polk

• John Tyler

The actual distance between 2 places on a map can be found by using a map scale.

• true

• false