WorksheetsUnit 6 Parts 4 & 5 Open Notes Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Americans have an obvious right to possess lands out to the Pacific Ocean
a. Manifest Destiny
b. Oregon Trail
c. Forty niners
What was the name of the group of missionaries who settled among the Cayuse in Oregon?
a. Walters
b. Whites
c. Whitmans
What punishment did the Cayuse receive for killing the missionaries?
a. They lost their land and were forced to move in Indian Territory
b. They were put on trial and hanged
c. They were attacked and shot by soldiers
Who created the Santa Fe Trail?
a. Narcissa Whitman
b. William Becknell
c. Albert Pike
Between 1840 and 1860, how many people reached Oregon?
a. 100,000
b. 25,000
c. 50,000
What religion did Mexico require settlers of Texas to observe?
a. Catholicism
b. Quakerism
c. Mormonism
What was the name of one of the original American settlers in Texas?
a. Sam Houston
b. Stephen Austin
c. Santa Anna
How many days did the men hold out in the Alamo?
a. 12
b. 14
c. 20
Who won the Election of 1844?
a. James K. Polk
b. Henry Clay
c. Abraham Lincoln
How did the U.S. first try to settle the disagreement over borders with Mexico?
a. We offered to give Mexico the land in exchange for a trade deal
b. We offered to exchange the disputed area for Florida
c. We offered to buy the disputed lands with money
When the U.S. declared war on Mexico, what did California do?
a. They declared independence from Mexico
b. They created an alliance with Mexico
c. They requested the assistance of Canada
What year was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed?
a. 1848
b. 1850
c. 1846
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and all lands north made up the
a. Gadsden Purchase
b. Mexican Cession
c. Louisiana Purchase
Who was the founder of the Mormon religion?
a. Joseph Smith
b. Brigham Young
c. Johann Sutter
When did Utah become a state?
a. 1846
b. 1896
c. 1906
In 1848, what was being built when gold was discovered?
a. a windmill
b. a sawmill
c. a factory
What was the ratio of men to women in California?
a. 10:1
b. 12:1
c. 14:1
Approximately what percentage of the population of California was born somewhere else?
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 40%
Which group suffered the most due to the California gold rush?
a. Chinese
b. Irish
c. Native Americans
An effort to change conditions of life for the better
a. reform
b. predestination
c. temperance
In what state was the school for African American girls opened up?
a. Massachusetts
b. Connecticut
c. Maryland
How many states passed laws outlawing alcohol?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
Quaker man who wanted equal rights for all, including women and slaves.
a. William Lloyd Garrison
b. Frederick Douglass
c. Sojourner Truth
Newspaper that supported abolition of slavery
a. The Freedom Pages
b. The Underground Railroad
c. The Liberator
What was Harriet Tubman’s nickname?
a. Black Noah
b. Black Mary
c. Black Moses
Quaker woman who spent many years working in the anti-slavery movement.
a. Lucretia Mott
b. Sojourner Truth
c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Where was the abolitionist convention where Stanton and Mott were not allowed to attend?
a. Seneca Falls, New York
b. London, England
c. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after which other American document?
a. Constitution
b. Mayflower Compact
c. Declaration of Independence
How many children did Susan B. Anthony have?
a. none
b. 3
c. 7
Which state passed a law that allowed women to keep her land and wages?
a. New Jersey
b. New York
c. New Hampshire
