Module 12; Expansion and Conflict

Which of the following was an effect of the gold rush in California?

• Most miners were employed by large companies to dig tunnels

• The population grew slowly over a number of decades.

• The population grew slowly over a number of decades.

• The population increased greatly over a few years.

During the gold rush as a result of merchants needing to import so many necessary goods, most people in California paid____________________?

• Inflated prices

• lower prices

• with gold

• Native Americans

What percent of the Fourty-Niners were Americans? 

• 20%

• 80%

• 25%

• 50%

What was the biggest impact of the Gold Rush on California?

• Most travelers became rich

• California became a state

• Mexico willingly removed all Mexican citizens from the territory

• California's economy failed

Completed in 1869 the ______________gave Californians the means to grow a stronger economy?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• port city of San Francisco

• Oregon Trail

• Gold Rush

Why was the Gadsden Purchase signed?

• To end the Mexican-American War

• To make sure any railroad to California would be built completely on American Soil

• To stop the Bear Flag Revolt

• To ensure that slavery would not be allowed in the southwest

What officially ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory to the United States?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Gadsden Purchase

• Bear Flag Revolt

• Manifest Destiny

Which of these present-day states were part of the Mexican Cession? (Choose 4)

• Arizona

• California

• Idaho

• Nevada

• Utah

What was the main belief of Manifest Destiny?

• The United States should settle the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

• The United States should include lands in Central and South America.

• The United States should spread democracy to the rest of the world.

• The United States should allow slavery into new territories.

Why did the Mexican government refuse to speak to John Slidell about the proposed purchase by the United States of the New Mexico and California territories?

• Mexico refused to speak with Slidell until U.S. troops left Texas.

• Mexico was angry over the annexation of Texas.

• Mexico refused to speak to Slidell until U.S. troops left California.

• Mexico was angry over the Bear Flag Republic in California.