Quiz on American Settlers and Immigrants in the West

People who were pushed aside by American settlers as they settled West.

• Native Americans

• Chinese

• Gold Rush

• Ranchos

Chief Joseph tried to lead the _____.

• Chinese

• Nez Perce

• Ranchos

• Gold Rush

Immigrants in the West worked for little money and were often treated badly.

• Native Americans

• Chinese

• Ranchos

• Gold Rush

The Mexicanos lived on large ranches called ____.

• Chinese

• Ranchos

• Gold Rush

• Land

The forty-niners were people who came to California during the ____.

• Gold Rush

• Ranchos

• Chinese

• Native Americans

The people who quickly went west to find gold in 1849.

• West

• Mormons

• forty-niners

• Oregon Trail

Went West to find religious freedom.

• Mormons

• West

• forty-niners

• Oregon Trail

Many came because they wanted free ____.

• Land

• Chinese

• Ranchos

• Gold Rush

Trail from Independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s.

• West

• Mormons

• forty-niners

• Oregon Trail

American settlers poured into the new lands of the ____.

• Mormons

• forty-niners

• West

• Oregon Trail