Week 31

Where did most trail companies start their journeys?

• Chicago, IL

• New York City, NY

• St. Louis, MO

• Kansas City, KS

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What helped open the Louisiana Purchase for settlement?

• free land

• The Corps of Discovery shared their findings

• treaties with the Native Americans nations

• the railroad

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

the greatest dangers traveling across the country were?

• rivers and mountains

• buffalo stampedes

• snake bites

• diseases and lack of water

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What controlled prices in the California Gold rush?

• supply and demand

• how much gold was

• sam brannan

• goods and services

What was the name of the mission in Texas where they fought for independence?

• San Diego

• El Paso

• Alamo

• Presidio

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did America gain from the war of Mexico?

• land North of the Rio Grande

• land east of the Mississippi river

• land south of the Colorado River

• land west of the Rocky mountains

what was discovered in California right after the United states paid for the land?

• silver

• uranium

• gold

• copper

what type of primary source is valuable to give information about life on the trail?

• newspapers and magazines

• letters home

• petroglyphs in the rock

• diaries and journals

why was independence rock such a welcoming sight for the pioneers?

• There was freshwater to bathe in

• there was a trading post

• it marked the halfway point

• it was the end of the trail

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

"Remember the Alamo" became a war cry for?

• care rental companies

• Texas Freedom fighters

• a car commercial

• Mexican army soilders

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9