Unit 7 Review Part 1

Which group of American pioneers became snowbound in 1846 while traversing the Sierra Nevada along the California Trail?

• Forty-Niners

• Donner Party

• Mountain Men

• John Sutter

Who established the American Fur Company?

• Andrew Jackson

• John Sutter

• John Jacob Astor

• Marcus Whitman

What term was used for people who were awarded land grants by the Spanish and Mexican governments to recruit settlers to Texas?

• Empresario

• Forty-Niners

• Mountain Men

• Donner Party

Who was the 11th President of the United States, elected in 1844, who supported the annexation of Texas?

• Andrew Jackson

• James K. Polk

• John Sutter

• Marcus Whitman

Who hired workers to construct a sawmill in California in 1848, leading to the discovery of gold?

• John Jacob Astor

• John Sutter

• Marcus Whitman

• Andrew Jackson

Who organized a massive party of emigrants to the Pacific Northwest via the Oregon Trail in 1843?

• Marcus Whitman

• John Jacob Astor

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Jackson