Going West

What does transcontinental mean?

• Inside of a state.

• Across the continent.

• Around the world.

What are some climate issues that Pioneers had to face when moving west?

• Animals
• No food 
• Wagon trains
• Droughts, floods, tornadoes, dust storms

Which group of immigrants came to California to help build the railroad and risked death or injury blasting through the mountain?

• Chinese

• Mexicans

• irish

• Whites

What caused a rush of people to California? 

• Immigration to Mexico
• Gold
• Silver
• Farmland

Which of the following statements describes how Westward Movement affected Native Americans?

• Many Native Americans were pushed off their homelands and forced onto reservations.
• They were paid for their land so that they could buy land elsewhere.
• Americans gained a better understanding of Native American culture and began treating them with respect.
• American pioneers offered to share the land with the Native Americans.

Which of these led to the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Which of these was one legacy of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• They mapped a route to the Pacific.

• They explored present-day Colorado.

• They established missions in new territories.

• They located a water route across the country.

What was one legacy of the Californios?

• city names

• trading posts

• athletic events

• religious practices

What was an important legacy of the early missionaries to Oregon?

• They found a cure for measles.

• They opened the west for settlers.

• They converted American Indians.

• They traveled to the Pacific Ocean.

Which is another name for the mountain men?

• fur trappers

• gold miners

• cattle ranchers

• sheep shearers