People of the West

A heavy ___________________ was put on the oxen that pulled wagons.

• yoke

• missionary

• pioneer

• rancho

A(n) ____________________ is a person who is sent to try and persuade others to adopt a

religion.

• immigrant

• missionary

• pioneer

• rancho

A(n) ____________________ is a person who leave his or her homeland to settle in a new

country.

• missionary

• pioneer

• yoke

• immigrant

Many wealthy Californios owned huge plots of land called ____________________.

• yoke

• rancho

• immigrant

• pioneer

People from the East Coast that traveled overland in wagons are called

• missionary

• immigrant

• pioneer

• yoke

What was a miner’s claim?

• the food the miner ate

• the tools the miner used

• the land the miner worked

• the money the miner saved

Some newcomers to the West learned the skills to be cowboys from the

• Mexicanos.

• Mormons.

• Nez Perce.

• pioneers.

Why did the owners of many ranchos in the United States speak Spanish?

• Rich families moved to America from Spain.

• The United States acquired the land from Mexico.

• Settlers from the East Coast learned how to speak Spanish.

• Immigrants came from Latin America to seek a better life.

Many Chinese immigrants found work helping to build

• Salt Lake City

• The Oregon Trail

• San Francisco Harbor

• transcontinental railroad

The forty-niners traveled west for

• gold

• free land

• railroad jobs

• religious freedom