Groups That Moved West

Which group of pioneers fought for and won the right to vote in the west?

• Mountain Men

• Pioneer Women

• Mormons

• Missionaries

Which state was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869?

• Wyoming

• Utah

• Oregon

• California

Which group of settlers first explored the west and began the Oregon and California Trails?

• Pioneer Women

• Mormons

• Mountain Men

• Missionaries

Which group of pioneers opened the West to settlement to spread Christianity but brought death and disease to many Native Americans?

• Pioneer Women

• Missionaries

• Mormons

• Mountain Men

Which group of pioneers migrated across the Pacific to find gold and riches?

• Chinese

• Forty-Niners

• Cowboys & Ranchers

• Homesteaders

Which group of pioneers invented barbed wire and opened up the plains to settlement?

• Homesteaders

• Cowboys & Ranchers

• Chinese

• Forty-Niners

Which law offered farmers 160 acres of land for free in 1861?

• The Settlement Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Gold Rush Act

• The Pioneer Act

Which event led to a massive influx of people to California in search of gold in 1848?

• The Gold Rush

• The Homestead Act

• The Oregon Trail

• The California Trail

Which group of pioneers moved West to escape religious persecution and establish the first permanent settlement in Utah?

• Mountain Men

• Pioneer Women

• Mormons

• Missionaries

Match the following groups to the correct motivation for moving West:

• Free Land

• Mormons

• Search for Furs

• Missionaries

• Spread Christianity

• Chinese Immigrants
• Escape Religious Persecution

• Mountain Men

• Find Gold

• Homesteaders