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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which one of these was a starting point for the Oregon Trail?
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lincoln, Nebraska
Independence, Missouri
Oregon City, Oregon
People wanted to move to Oregon because...
they liked the ocean
they wanted a better life
they thought walking was good for them
they didn't like their neighbors
How heavy were the supplies the wagons carried?
1000 to 2000 pounds
1400 pounds
2000-2500 pounds
4000 to 5000 pounds
What animals pulled the wagons?
oxen
cattle
horses
donkeys
The Oregon Trail was...
exciting
challenging
dangerous
all of the above
How many miles long was the Oregon Trail?
500 miles
2200 miles
3000 miles
25 miles
What was the number 1 killer of immigrants who traveled on the Oregon Trail
measles
cholera
bandits
buffalo
What Indian tribe from Florida conducted raids into the southern Unites States?
Cherokee
Seminole
Creek
Kickapoo
Who was the American General that raided Florida and caused an international incident?
Andrew Johnson
Jonathan Andrews
Andrew Jackson
Santa Ana
Approximately how long did it take to travel the Oregon Trail in the mid 1800's?
5-6 weeks
more than 8 months
5-6 days
5 to 6 months
Who discovered gold on the American River?
James Marshall
James Polk
Jhon Sutter
James Reed
What group moved to Utah to escape religious persecution?
Corps of Discovery
Tejanos
Forty-niners
Mormons
What were people who came to California looking for gold in 1849 were called?
Mormons
Forty-Niners
Missionaries
Converts
The law that forced Native Americans to leave their homelands in the south and move west was...
The Indian Removal Act
The Forced March Act
The Seminole Wars Act
This state was known as the Lone Star Republic & was it's own country for almost 10 years.
Texas
Florida
New Mexico
California
gave the U.S. a large chunk of land in the SW & paid about $15 million to Mexico.
Treaty of Paris
Texas Annexation
Treaty of the Alamo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The battle in which Santa Anna was forced to grant Texas Independence.
Battle of San Juan
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of San Pasqual
Battle of Little Bighorn
People traveling west on the Oregon Trail most likely was traveling in a _____.
steam engine trail
steamboat
wagon train
automobile
Not a reason Americans went westward in the 1830-'s and 1840's
Gold
escape from slavery
new life
land
became an independent republic in 1836
Mexico
Spain
Texas
Florida
The 49'ers came rushing into California looking for
silver
gold
meteorites
slaves
Who is known as "The Father of Texas"
Stephen Austin
John Polk
Andrew Jackson
Steven Seagal
Which was a problem for Texas when it declared its independence?
Mexico wouldn't allow it, and a war was fought
US kept trying to force it to join America
it had terrible soil for growing cotton
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
the Liberator of South America
Mexican leader during the Texas Revolution
first person on the Santa Fe Trail
a missionary in California
What was another name for Texas?
Texico
Lone Star State
The United States of Texas
Houston City
True or False: Andrew Jackson loved Native Americans.
true
false
This was the battle when Texas fought against Mexico.
Battle of Fort McHenry
The Alamo
The Oregon Trail
What is a man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
Erie Canal
National Road
Panama Canal
These became the main form of travel on large rivers in America:
telegraphs
steamboats
all of the above
What was the first settler in a territory called?
pioneers
sodbuster
miners
cayuse
