FL.SS.Ch5.3 Quiz

What is true about California during the Gold Rush?

• Merchants in the West announced that gold had been found so that boomtowns would grow.

• The Native Americans benefitted from the jump in population of American settlers.

• The sudden flood of people showed the need for law and order in a place without a government.

• The War with Mexico was fought because the United States knew there was gold there.

Which two statements describe immigrants who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Chinese immigrants were known as hard workers and were given the most dangerous jobs.

• Chinese immigrants created the tracks for the railroad with steel.

• Irish immigrants were hired and paid less than the American workers for the same job.

• Irish immigrants were not hired because they were considered untrustworthy.

Beginning in 1879, groups of American settlers began ignoring treaties meant to protect the land of the Native Americans and started to settle in the _______________.

• Indian Territory

• Great Plains

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

Directions: True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. African American soldiers were sent to Indian Territory to keep the peace and remove people who were not supposed to settle there. Native Americans called them the Buffalo Soldiers.

• True

• False

Name a landmark found on the Oregon Trail. Explain how settlers used landmarks as they made their way west on the Oregon Trail.

• Independence Rock

• Mount Rushmore

• Statue of Liberty

• Golden Gate Bridge