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Week 31

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did most trail companies start their journeys?

a)

Chicago, IL

b)

New York City, NY

c)

St. Louis, MO

d)

Kansas City, KS

2.

What helped open the Louisiana Purchase for settlement?

a)

free land

b)

The Corps of Discovery shared their findings

c)

treaties with the Native Americans nations

d)

the railroad

3.

the greatest dangers traveling across the country were?

a)

rivers and mountains

b)

buffalo stampedes

c)

snake bites

d)

diseases and lack of water

4.

What controlled prices in the California Gold rush?

a)

supply and demand

b)

how much gold was

c)

sam brannan

d)

goods and services

5.

What was the name of the mission in Texas where they fought for independence?

a)

San Diego

b)

El Paso

c)

Alamo

d)

Presidio

6.

What did America gain from the war of Mexico?

a)

land North of the Rio Grande

b)

land east of the Mississippi river

c)

land south of the Colorado River

d)

land west of the Rocky mountains

7.

what was discovered in California right after the United states paid for the land?

a)

silver

b)

uranium

c)

gold

d)

copper

8.

what type of primary source is valuable to give information about life on the trail?

a)

newspapers and magazines

b)

letters home

c)

petroglyphs in the rock

d)

diaries and journals

9.

why was independence rock such a welcoming sight for the pioneers?

a)

There was freshwater to bathe in

b)

there was a trading post

c)

it marked the halfway point

d)

it was the end of the trail

10.

"Remember the Alamo" became a war cry for?

a)

care rental companies

b)

Texas Freedom fighters

c)

a car commercial

d)

Mexican army soilders

11.

The war with Mexico was the first time Americans?

a)

used cannons

b)

surrendered to an enemy

c)

fought on foreign soil

d)

used rifles