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Expanding West/Mexican War/Early Reform

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name given to western fur traders and trappers?

a)

Beaver assassins

b)

Critter collector

c)

Mountain boys

d)

Mountain Men

2.

Why did fur traders move westward?

a)

Free real estate

b)

Freedom of religion

c)

They had killed everything in the east

d)

To avoid war

3.

Why did people travel the Santa Fe Trail

a)

To get to California for gold

b)

To get to Oregon fastest

c)

To trade with Mexicans and make bank

d)

To die of dysentery

4.

What ended the American fur trade in the 1840's?

a)

The animals fought back

b)

Fur became too difficult to get

c)

Mountain men all got factory jobs

d)

Changes in fashion lowered demand

5.

About how long did it take to travel the Oregon Trail?

a)

1 month

b)

6 weeks

c)

6 months

d)

1 year

6.

Which of the following was not a concern on the Oregon Trail?

a)

Native American attacks

b)

Drowning

c)

Disease, stupid disease always ruining everything

d)

Being attacked by a guy on a buffalo.

7.

What was the nickname given to these wagons headed west because they looked like ships?

a)

Land yachts

b)

Prairie canoes

c)

Prairie schooners

d)

Boaty McBoatface

8.

Why did Mormons move west?

a)

God told them to

b)

To search for gold

c)

For religious freedom

d)

Because they had successfully beaten the Oregon Trail video game

9.

Polygamy caused Mormons to be persecuted. What is the practice of polygamy?

a)

Having multiple children

b)

Having multiple pets

c)

Worshiping multiple gods

d)

Having multiple wives

10.

Why did Brigham Young take over for Joseph Smith?

a)

Smith was caught stealing from the Church

b)

Smith had taken on too many wives

c)

Smith had been killed by an angry mob in.......wait for it.......Illinois

d)

Smith had run away and left them to fend for themselves

11.

What was the name of the Mexican priest whose rebellion inspired the Mexican independence movement

a)

Pancho Villa

b)

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

c)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

d)

Sam Houston

12.

Who was the empresario who recruited 300 families to settle in Tejas?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Sam Bowie

c)

Davy Crocket

d)

Stephen F. Austin

13.

What did American settlers bring into Tejas that Mexico did not approve of

a)

Guns

b)

Cattle

c)

Slaves

d)

Attitude

14.

All of the defenders died defending this place in Texas

a)

San Jacinto

b)

San Antonio

c)

The Alamo

d)

Gonzales

15.

Where did Sam Houston and his troops surprise the Mexican Army and capture General Santa Anna

a)

Goliad

b)

The Alamo

c)

San Jacinto

d)

Gonzales

16.

Why was Texas not immediately admitted to the United States?

a)

Mexico kept it in the treaty after the war

b)

It would upset the balance of free and slave states

c)

Jackson couldn't find it on the map

d)

It was made a state immediately following the war

17.

What Texas town refused to give up their cannon?

a)

San Jacinto

b)

San Antonio

c)

Gonzales

d)

Dallas

18.

After Santa Anna was captured by Sam Houston's troops, Santa Anna.....

a)

was immediately executed

b)

was forced to sing "Deep in the heart of Texas"

c)

recognized Texas independence

d)

joined the American army

19.

What was the campaign slogan declaring where expansionists wanted the northern Border of the U.S.?

a)

Tippecanoe and Tyler too!

b)

I like Ike

c)

North, North. Baby

d)

Fifty- four forty or fight!

20.

What northern border latitude set up the Oregon Territory?

a)

the 54th parallel

b)

The 13th parallel

c)

the 49th parallel

d)

the 164th parallel

21.

Before the Mexican American War, Mexico thought the border was at

a)

The Alamo

b)

The Nueces River

c)

The Rio Grande River

d)

The Mississippi River

22.

Before the Mexican American War, the U.S. thought the border was at

a)

The Alamo

b)

The Nueces River

c)

The Rio Grande River

d)

The Mississippi River

23.

What did President Polk do to provoke mexico into war

a)

He sent them a nasty email

b)

He recorded a diss track

c)

He sent general Zachary Taylor into the disputed territory

d)

He sent General Winfield Scott to attack Mexico City

24.

What was the name given to the event where Anglos in California declared California independent?

a)

The capybara flag revolt

b)

The bear flag revolt

c)

The guinea pig flag revolt

d)

The lack of artistic ability flag revolt

25.

What was a direct result of the distance between Mexico and California?

a)

Californios felt great Mexican pride

b)

Californios had more local pride

c)

Californios hated Mexico

d)

Californios wanted to go back to Mexico

26.

Mexico recognized the Annexation of Texas, Gave up present day Nevada, Utah and more and the U.S. promised to protect Mexicans who would now be living in the U.S. as a result of what treaty?

a)

The treaty of Hidalgo y Costilla

b)

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

The treaty of Mexican Cession

d)

The Treaty of Gadsen Purchase

27.

What was the main reason for the Gadsen purchase?

a)

To fortify defenses

b)

To build a railroad

c)

To build a canal

d)

For the gold and natural resources

28.

What happened to Mexican Americans as people started moving into the southwest after the war

a)

Everyone got along great

b)

They had to pay more in taxes

c)

They were treated badly for their religious beliefs

d)

They had their land taken and the treaty was not enforced

29.

What happened when the Donner party became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains on their way to California?

a)

They all died

b)

They miraculously all survived

c)

They resorted to cannibalism

d)

They died of dysentery

30.

What was a major cause of the Donner Party's perilous journey?

a)

Bad water

b)

Poor leadership

c)

Weak oxen

d)

Terrible advice on a shortcut to take

31.

What was a nickname given to gold seekers headed to California?

a)

forty-niners

b)

forty-sixers

c)

forty-eighters

d)

forty-twoers

32.

Despite the gold rush beginning after gold was found at his mill, why did John Sutter not become rich during the rush?

a)

His workers ran off to search for gold and his crops rotted in the fields and he lost his entire fortune

b)

He invested poorly

c)

The gold was not actually real

d)

He died

33.

What group saw financial success during the gold rush cooking and doing laundry for those searching for gold?

a)

Immigrants

b)

Children

c)

Women

d)

Leprechauns

34.

What was the process of searching for gold by washing gravel or "panning for gold?"

a)

Strip mining

b)

Placer mining

c)

Wash mining

d)

Shaker mining

35.

How successful were most miners during the Gold Rush

a)

Most became incredibly wealthy

b)

Most found little or nothing of value

36.

The gold rush helped California become eligible for statehood because.....

a)

California had the wealth to buy its statehood

b)

People came for the gold and then stayed giving California a big enough population for statehood

c)

It did not help

d)

It proved California had natural resources

37.

What immigrant inventor created more durable pants for miners?

a)

John Wrangler

b)

Tommy Hilfigger

c)

Levi Strauss

d)

Bill Gap

38.

Thinking Chinese miners were taking all the gold, caused the creation of the....

a)

Chinese exclusion act

b)

Foreign Miners tax

c)

Boomtown exclusion zones

d)

California immigration limitation act

39.

Poverty, war, famine, overcrowding, persecution are example of what type of factors driving immigrants to come to the United States

a)

Push factors

b)

Pull factors

c)

Force factors

d)

X factors

40.

Job opportunities, religious freedom and cheap land are example of what type of factors driving immigrants to come to the United States

a)

Push factors

b)

Pull factors

c)

Force factors

d)

X factors

41.

What group found themselves with the time and the money to become involved in reform movements

a)

Former slaves

b)

White men

c)

middle-class women

d)

recent immigrants

42.

Groups like the "know nothings" who were anti-immigrant and anti-catholic had these beliefs

a)

Naturalist

b)

Nativist

c)

Originalist

d)

Marginalist

43.

The crowded, unsafe apartment building that were home to many immigrants

a)

tenements

b)

steerage

c)

enlightenments

d)

departments

44.

The temperance movement blamed the problems of society on what?

a)

Immigrants

b)

Religion

c)

Wealth

d)

Alcohol

45.

Moses was the nickname given to what hero of the underground railroad

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Sarah Grimke

46.

"And Ain't I a Women?"

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Catherine Beecher

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

e)

Sojourner Truth

47.

Reformer for prisons and the mentally ill

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Catherine Beecher

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

e)

Sojourner Truth

48.

Went to an abolitionist conference on her honeymoon

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Catherine Beecher

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

e)

Sojourner Truth

49.

Planned Seneca Falls Convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Catherine Beecher

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

e)

Sojourner Truth

50.

Started the first all girls school

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Catherine Beecher

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

e)

Sojourner Truth

51.

This group wanted to create a Utopian society that prohibited marriage and having children

a)

The Quakers

b)

The Shakers

c)

The Bakers

d)

The Lakers

52.

Founded a school for deaf children

a)

Sarah & Angelina Grimke

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Samuel Gridley Howe

e)

Thomas Galludet

53.

Founded a school for blind children

a)

Sarah & Angelina Grimke

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Samuel Gridley Howe

e)

Thomas Galludet

54.

powerful speaking, former slave abolitionist; "What is the fourth of July to a slave?"

a)

Sarah & Angelina Grimke

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Samuel Gridley Howe

e)

Thomas Galludet

55.

Publisher of the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator

a)

Sarah & Angelina Grimke

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Samuel Gridley Howe

e)

Thomas Galludet

56.

Wealthy, plantation born sisters who spoke out against slavery

a)

Sarah & Angelina Grimke

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Samuel Gridley Howe

e)

Thomas Galludet