OK History Ch 7 Opening the West

The number of people moving west increased in the 1830s, which was NOT a reason for this migration?

• Immigration and high birth rates

• Economic depressions and population growth

• Inexpensive land and new opportunities

• Tourism and nature

The American explorer who referred to Oklahoma as the "Great American Desert" was

• Nathan Boone

• Major Stephen Long

• George Sibley

• Washington Irving

Which condition did NOT contribute to the tensions between the U.S. and Mexico which eventually led to the Mexican-American War?

• Tensions over the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Tensions over Texas annexation

• Tensions over disputed borders

• Tensions over revolts in California

The route of the Santa Fe Trail that went through Oklahoma was called the

• Texas Road Route

• Overland Land Route

• Cimarron Route

• Northwest Passage Route

The route of the Santa Fe Trail that went through Oklahoma was located in the

• Panhandle

• Northwest

• Southwest

• Northeast

As settlers traveled through the Osage Trace, they renamed the route and called it the

• Chisholm Trail

• Texas Road

• Eastern Trail

• Shawnee Trail

Travel by boat in Indian Territory was possible mainly in what is now the

• Eastern side of the state

• Western side of the state

• Panhandle area of the state

• Southwestern area of the state

Immigrants came to the United States looking for more freedom.

• True

• False

It was easier to travel by boat in the eastern part of Indian Territory.

• True

• False

Some people traveled to California by going around the tip of South America because it took less time than the overland route across the continent.

• True

• False