Utah Chapters 7-8 Test

Millions of _____________________ began to eat the crops in the first spring.

• Crickets

• Cattle

• Deer

• People traveling West

What were the men doing if they weren't digging irrigation ditches?

• Make adobe bricks and cut timber

• Set stones for the roads and lay them

• Build stores and trading posts

• Take care of the animals

______________ was the most common cause of death on the ships carrying immigrants from Europe to the United States.

• Disease

• Battle

• Lack of water

• Lack of food

How did the Perpetual Emigration Fund help Mormon emigrants?

• It gave them new homes

• It set them up with store jobs

• It gave them the supplies they needed to get started. Then they repaid the debt.

• It helped them get to California

Why did Brigham Young encourage converts to come to the Great Basin?

• He wanted to strengthen Utah's settlement

• It would profit his pocket book

• He wanted to be like California

• He wanted more help

Pioneers ate wolf meat and sego lily bulbs among other unusual things during the first winter.

• True

• False

Was the Gold Rush in California helpful for the Utah pioneers?

• Maybe

• Yes

• No

Who did Congress name the new territory "Utah" after?

• Goshute Tribe

• Brigham Young's youngest boy

• Ute Tribe

• An ancient tale

What problems did the pioneers face when they entered the Great Basin?

• Conflicts with Tribes and Trappers

• Enough timber, rainfall, natural resources, and soil.

• If they could get a wagon through the pass

• Farming land and lake levels

Why did the soldiers that had been in Utah for about 3 years quickly leave?

• The Civil War

• The Revolutionary War

• The Mexican War

• The French War