SS ch5 test

Some Native Americans in Missouri supported the British in War of 1812 because

• They were angry with the US for attacking British Ships

• they were angry with settlers for taking over their land

• they did not want Missouri to become a slave state

• they trusted the British

Missouri's Constitution was written in?

• Jefferson City

• Kansas City

• St. Charles

• St. Louis

The Santa Fe Train ran west from?

• Boonville

• Independence

• Jefferson City

• St. Louis

St. Louis grew rapidly between 1830 and 1850 because many people?

• moved there to become farmers

• moved there to become trappers

• opened shops to fill the needs of travelers heading west

• came to the city in search of gold

What does the word frontier mean?

• the edge of settled areas

• an old settled area

• a wilderness area

• a trail throug unsettled areas

Pioneers are like foot soldiers because ________.

• are part of an army

• must travel long distances

• make their living by fighting

• are under a leader

Trappers were called mountain men because they ?

• were very large

• came from mountainous regions

• hunted in the Rocky Mountains

• built large, mountain-shaped mounds to trap animals

In the term Gold Rush, the word rush means?

• a burst of speed

• a flood of people

• a plant that grows in swamps

• a thrill

In what year did Daniel Boon move to Missouri?

• 1802

• 1892

• 1799

• 1998

Who came up with the Missouri Compromise to keep a balance of free and slave states?

• Senator Henry Clay

• James Beckwourth

• Daniel Boone

• Mountain men