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WorksheetsExpanding West/Mexican War/Early Reform
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 28mins
What was the name given to western fur traders and trappers?
Beaver assassins
Critter collector
Mountain boys
Mountain Men
Why did fur traders move westward?
Free real estate
Freedom of religion
They had killed everything in the east
To avoid war
Why did people travel the Santa Fe Trail
To get to California for gold
To get to Oregon fastest
To trade with Mexicans and make bank
To die of dysentery
What ended the American fur trade in the 1840's?
The animals fought back
Fur became too difficult to get
Mountain men all got factory jobs
Changes in fashion lowered demand
About how long did it take to travel the Oregon Trail?
1 month
6 weeks
6 months
1 year
Which of the following was not a concern on the Oregon Trail?
Native American attacks
Drowning
Disease, stupid disease always ruining everything
Being attacked by a guy on a buffalo.
What was the nickname given to these wagons headed west because they looked like ships?
Land yachts
Prairie canoes
Prairie schooners
Boaty McBoatface
Why did Mormons move west?
God told them to
To search for gold
For religious freedom
Because they had successfully beaten the Oregon Trail video game
Polygamy caused Mormons to be persecuted. What is the practice of polygamy?
Having multiple children
Having multiple pets
Worshiping multiple gods
Having multiple wives
Why did Brigham Young take over for Joseph Smith?
Smith was caught stealing from the Church
Smith had taken on too many wives
Smith had been killed by an angry mob in.......wait for it.......Illinois
Smith had run away and left them to fend for themselves
What was the name of the Mexican priest whose rebellion inspired the Mexican independence movement
Pancho Villa
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Sam Houston
Who was the empresario who recruited 300 families to settle in Tejas?
Sam Houston
Sam Bowie
Davy Crocket
Stephen F. Austin
What did American settlers bring into Tejas that Mexico did not approve of
Guns
Cattle
Slaves
Attitude
All of the defenders died defending this place in Texas
San Jacinto
San Antonio
The Alamo
Gonzales
Where did Sam Houston and his troops surprise the Mexican Army and capture General Santa Anna
Goliad
The Alamo
San Jacinto
Gonzales
Why was Texas not immediately admitted to the United States?
Mexico kept it in the treaty after the war
It would upset the balance of free and slave states
Jackson couldn't find it on the map
It was made a state immediately following the war
What Texas town refused to give up their cannon?
San Jacinto
San Antonio
Gonzales
Dallas
After Santa Anna was captured by Sam Houston's troops, Santa Anna.....
was immediately executed
was forced to sing "Deep in the heart of Texas"
recognized Texas independence
joined the American army
What was the campaign slogan declaring where expansionists wanted the northern Border of the U.S.?
Tippecanoe and Tyler too!
I like Ike
North, North. Baby
Fifty- four forty or fight!
What northern border latitude set up the Oregon Territory?
the 54th parallel
The 13th parallel
the 49th parallel
the 164th parallel
Before the Mexican American War, Mexico thought the border was at
The Alamo
The Nueces River
The Rio Grande River
The Mississippi River
Before the Mexican American War, the U.S. thought the border was at
The Alamo
The Nueces River
The Rio Grande River
The Mississippi River
What did President Polk do to provoke mexico into war
He sent them a nasty email
He recorded a diss track
He sent general Zachary Taylor into the disputed territory
He sent General Winfield Scott to attack Mexico City
What was the name given to the event where Anglos in California declared California independent?
The capybara flag revolt
The bear flag revolt
The guinea pig flag revolt
The lack of artistic ability flag revolt
What was a direct result of the distance between Mexico and California?
Californios felt great Mexican pride
Californios had more local pride
Californios hated Mexico
Californios wanted to go back to Mexico
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?
The treaty of Hidalgo y Costilla
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty of Mexican Cession
The Treaty of Gadsen Purchase
What was the main reason for the Gadsen purchase?
To fortify defenses
To build a railroad
To build a canal
For the gold and natural resources
What happened to Mexican Americans as people started moving into the southwest after the war
Everyone got along great
They had to pay more in taxes
They were treated badly for their religious beliefs
They had their land taken and the treaty was not enforced
What happened when the Donner party became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains on their way to California?
They all died
They miraculously all survived
They resorted to cannibalism
They died of dysentery
What was a major cause of the Donner Party's perilous journey?
Bad water
Poor leadership
Weak oxen
Terrible advice on a shortcut to take
What was a nickname given to gold seekers headed to California?
forty-niners
forty-sixers
forty-eighters
forty-twoers
Despite the gold rush beginning after gold was found at his mill, why did John Sutter not become rich during the rush?
His workers ran off to search for gold and his crops rotted in the fields and he lost his entire fortune
He invested poorly
The gold was not actually real
He died
What group saw financial success during the gold rush cooking and doing laundry for those searching for gold?
Immigrants
Children
Women
Leprechauns
What was the process of searching for gold by washing gravel or "panning for gold?"
Strip mining
Placer mining
Wash mining
Shaker mining
How successful were most miners during the Gold Rush
Most became incredibly wealthy
Most found little or nothing of value
The gold rush helped California become eligible for statehood because.....
California had the wealth to buy its statehood
People came for the gold and then stayed giving California a big enough population for statehood
It did not help
It proved California had natural resources
What immigrant inventor created more durable pants for miners?
John Wrangler
Tommy Hilfigger
Levi Strauss
Bill Gap
Thinking Chinese miners were taking all the gold, caused the creation of the....
Chinese exclusion act
Foreign Miners tax
Boomtown exclusion zones
California immigration limitation act
Poverty, war, famine, overcrowding, persecution are example of what type of factors driving immigrants to come to the United States
Push factors
Pull factors
Force factors
X factors
Job opportunities, religious freedom and cheap land are example of what type of factors driving immigrants to come to the United States
Push factors
Pull factors
Force factors
X factors
What group found themselves with the time and the money to become involved in reform movements
Former slaves
White men
middle-class women
recent immigrants
Groups like the "know nothings" who were anti-immigrant and anti-catholic had these beliefs
Naturalist
Nativist
Originalist
Marginalist
The crowded, unsafe apartment building that were home to many immigrants
tenements
steerage
enlightenments
departments
The temperance movement blamed the problems of society on what?
Immigrants
Religion
Wealth
Alcohol
Moses was the nickname given to what hero of the underground railroad
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Sarah Grimke
"And Ain't I a Women?"
Dorothea Dix
Catherine Beecher
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Reformer for prisons and the mentally ill
Dorothea Dix
Catherine Beecher
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Went to an abolitionist conference on her honeymoon
Dorothea Dix
Catherine Beecher
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Planned Seneca Falls Convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Dorothea Dix
Catherine Beecher
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Started the first all girls school
Dorothea Dix
Catherine Beecher
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
This group wanted to create a Utopian society that prohibited marriage and having children
The Quakers
The Shakers
The Bakers
The Lakers
Founded a school for deaf children
Sarah & Angelina Grimke
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Samuel Gridley Howe
Thomas Galludet
Founded a school for blind children
Sarah & Angelina Grimke
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Samuel Gridley Howe
Thomas Galludet
powerful speaking, former slave abolitionist; "What is the fourth of July to a slave?"
Sarah & Angelina Grimke
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Samuel Gridley Howe
Thomas Galludet
Publisher of the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator
Sarah & Angelina Grimke
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Samuel Gridley Howe
Thomas Galludet
Wealthy, plantation born sisters who spoke out against slavery
Sarah & Angelina Grimke
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Samuel Gridley Howe
Thomas Galludet
