Lesson 16 + 17 Quiz

What was the major motive of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• Go to War with Indian groups

• Friendly contact with Indian Groups to make trade partners

• Explore

• Explore the Texas Territory

What Indian group did Lewis call "hospitable, honest, and sincere people"?

• Seminole

• Cherokee

• Nez Perce

• Arikara

What is a Rancho used for?

• Political meetings

• Fur trading

• Raising Cattle

• Land reserved for Indians

What does “legacy” mean?

• A published report

• Rowing upstream

• Hard work

• A person’s or group's impact on the future

In the 1830’s, what was California’s most important industry?

• Poultry

• Sheep

• Swine

• Cattle

Mountain men were mostly in what business?

• Raising Cattle

• Hunting

• Fur Trading

• Gambling

What was the first place to allow women to vote?

• Wyoming

• California

• Oregon

• Texas

What does ‘irrigation” mean?

• Transporting water from place to place

• Transporting cattle from place to place

• Transporting food from place to place

• Transporting furs from place to place

What is a Vaquero?

• A type of cattle

• Barbed wire fence

• A cowboy

• Mexicans in California

What happened to Mexican culture in the Southwest during the mid 1800’s?

• It mixed with American culture

• It replaced American Culture

• It was nonexistent

• Americans rejected it