Chapter 5 Missouri SS TEST

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

• they were angry with the United States 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

The Missouri Compromise said that

• Missouri would be a slave state and Maine would be a free state

• slavery would be allowed in only half of Missouri

• Missouri would become an American Territory instead of a state

• Missouri would be the last slave state to enter the Union

Missouri's constitution was written in

• Jefferson City

• Kansas City

• St. Charles

• St. Louis

The Sante Fe Trail 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 there to fill the needs of travelers heading west

• came to the city in search of gold

Which event led to a large westward movement in 1849?

• The Osage were forced to leave Missouri

• Missouri entered the United States

• The Panic of 1819 took place

• Gold was discovered in California

In the early 1800s, Missouri was the edge of the frontier.

The word frontier means

• the edge of settled area

• an old settled area

• a wilderness area

• a trail through unsettled area

The word pioneer is from an Old French word meaning "foot soldier". Like foot soldiers, pioneers

• are part of an army

• must travel long distances

• make their living by fighting

• are under the leader

Most of them were mountain men who hunted and trapped animals.

Trappers were called mountain men because they

• were very large

• came from mountainous areas

• built large, mountain shaped mounds to trap animals

• hunted in the Rocky Mountains

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