Social Studies Vocabulary Quiz

What was the Bear Flag Republic?

• A nickname for California after it declared independence from Mexico

• A law that forced Native Americans to move west

• A region owned by Mexico in the 1800s

• A treaty that ended the Mexican War

What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo accomplish?

• It was a law passed to move Native Americans

• It was a purchase of land in Arizona and New Mexico

• It officially ended the Mexican War and ceded much of the Southwest to the United States

• It started the Mexican War

What is the Gadsden Purchase?

• A nickname for a historical period in California

• A treaty that ended a war

• A law that provided land to settlers

• A stripe of land bought by the United States from Mexico

Who were the Forty-Niners?

• Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

• People who went to California during the gold rush to strike it rich

• Settlers who received land under the Homestead Act

• People who moved west due to the Indian Removal Act

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?

• To give land to settlers to be developed as farms

• To force Native Americans to move west

• To purchase land from Mexico

• To end the Mexican War