History 8/9

Who rushed to California in search of gold?

• pioneers

• forty-niners

• miners

• merchants

What were the people who first settled an area called?

• pioneers

• forty-niners

• miners

• merchants

Who gets natural resources from the earth?

• pioneers

• forty-niners

• miners

• merchants

Who gained the most money from the California Gold Rush?

• pioneers

• forty-niners

• miners

• merchants

Who was the president of Mexico?

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• Henry Spalding

• Marcus Whitman

Who was the president of Texas?

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• Henry Spalding

• Marcus Whitman

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

• Marcus Whitman

• Henry and Eliza Spalding

• Brigham Young

• Santa Anna

What is the belief that God gave Americans all the land between the two oceans called __.

• 49th Parallel

• Constitution

• Manifest Destiny

• American Right

Who was a doctor of the Cayuse people>

• Santa Anna

• Marcus Whitman

• Henry and Eliza Spalding

• Brigham Young

What caused California's population growth in 1849?

• Mexican-American War

• Manifest Destiny

• The Alamo

• gold rush