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Gold Rush, Vocab, and Night John

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The area of Land one person or group could mine

a)

Land Claim

b)

Prospector

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Californios

2.

Some of the first settlers of California

a)

Land Claim

b)

Prospector

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Californios

3.

Someone who went to California to mine for Gold

a)

Land Claim

b)

Prospector

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Californios

4.

The Idea that the USA should go from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean

a)

Californios

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Prospector

d)

Land Claim

5.

To add or merge together

a)

Cession

b)

Destiny

c)

Texians

d)

Annex

6.

American Settlers of Texas

a)

Texians

b)

Destiny

c)

Cession

d)

Annex

7.

Land that is given up...

a)

Annex

b)

Cession

c)

Destiny

d)

Texians

8.

Something that is meant to happen...

a)

Annex

b)

Cession

c)

Destiny

d)

Texians

9.

Who won the Battle of San Jacinto?

a)

Texans

b)

Mexican Army

10.

Who won the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

Texans

b)

Mexican Army

11.

Who won the Mexican-American War?

a)

USA

b)

Mexico

12.

What was the first word Sarny made?

a)

Hid

b)

Fib

c)

Bat

d)

Bag

13.

In total, how many slaves tried to escape the Waller Plantation?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

Where does John take Sarny at the end of the novel?

a)

To the North

b)

A school

c)

A train to escape

d)

None of the Above

15.

Which president kept his promise to expand our US borders?

a)

Tyler

b)

Taylor

c)

Harrison

d)

Polk

16.

Who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill?

a)

John Carpenter

b)

John Sutter

c)

James Fields

d)

James Marshall

17.

Who owned California before the USA?

a)

Mexico

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

None of the Above

18.

Who was the person who raised Sarny?

a)

Waller

b)

The Missus

c)

Delie

d)

Her birth mother

19.

Which trail had the most travelers during the West Expansion time period?

a)

Mormon

b)

Santa Fe

c)

Old Spanish

d)

Oregon

20.

What year did Texas become a state?

a)

1844

b)

1845

c)

1846

d)

1847