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What caused the American fur trade to move westward
in the early 1800s?
a.
Fur companies wiped out the beaver population in
the East in their effort to meet European demand for the
popular “high hat.”
b.
The American Fur Company sent mountain men to
the West in its effort to beat its competitors from Europe
and the East.
c.
Fur trappers called “mountain men” wanted to be
the first to map western territory and asked the American
Fur Company to sponsor their journey.
d.
American Indian trappers from the Pacific
Northwest were acclaimed for their skill and eastern
companies wanted to know their secrets.
a. Fur companies wiped out the beaver
population in the East in their effort
to meet European demand for the popular “high hat.”
2 Astoria was a significant region in the Pacific Northwest
at the beginning of the 1800s for all of the following
reasons, EXCEPT which?
a.
It was a source of land disputes between Russia,
France, and the U.S.
b.
It was the first major fur-trading post established
by John Jacob Astor.
c.
It was a symbol of the drive to explore the
American West.
d.
It was one of the earliest settlements in what
would become Oregon Country.
a. It was a source of land disputes
between Russia, France, and the U.S.
3 All of these were challenges that pioneers regularly faced
while on the Oregon Trail, EXCEPT
a. shortages of food, supplies, and water
b. mistreatment by American Indians
c. barriers such as mountains
d. the high cost of moving a family
b. mistreatment by American Indians
4 Which was true about the Oregon Trail?
a.
It ran through the Appalachian Mountains.
b.
It required protection by U.S. government troops.
c.
It was a gravel paved road that made travel much
easier than normal trails
d.
It took six months to travel.
d.
It took six months to travel.
5 How might a trader have described the Santa Fe Trail?
a.
“a long, hot, and dangerous road…but profitable”
b.
“wonderful scenery, but those Indians are
troublesome”
c.
“the fastest way to get from St. Louis to Santa Fe”
d.
“just another muddy trade route”
a. “a long, hot, and dangerous
road…but profitable”
6 When they first moved from New York in the early 1830s,
what did Mormons hope to find in the West?
a.
gold and other natural resources
b.
a site for their Great Temple
c.
a sense of religious freedom
d.
a set of silver tablets with religious teachings
c.
a sense of religious freedom
7 Which practice caused Mormons to be persecuted in the
1850s?
a. the ritual slaughter of animals
b. the circumcision of newborn males
c. marriage to more than one wife
d. morning prayer in public schools
marriage to more than one wife
8 By December 1860, the Mormon population of Utah had
reached about 40,000 people because of the efforts of which
church leader?
a.
Brigham Young
c.
John Jacob Astor
b.
Joseph Smith
d.
John Sutter
a.
Brigham Young
9 What was the significance of Father Hidalgo y Costilla’s
rebellion?
a.
It pushed American settlers back over Mexico’s
northern border, but failed to achieve a ban on slavery.
b.
It failed to overthrow the Spanish monarch, but
inspired the independence movement to grow.
c.
It showed that Christian beliefs could succeed in uniting
large groups for political causes.
d.
It succeeded in stopping Spanish agents from giving
American Indian and mestizo land to settlers.
b. It failed to overthrow the
Spanish monarch, but inspired the
independence movement to grow.
10 Who was Stephen F. Austin?
a.
an empresario who started a colony on the lower
Colorado River in 1822
b.
the only American to witness the signing of the
Mexican constitution in 1824
c.
an American agent who enforced Mexico’s laws on new
settlers until 1830
d.
a southern settler who spurred Texans to defy the ban
on slavery in 1831
a.
an empresario who started a
colony on the lower Colorado River in
1822
11 After 1824, all of the following created conflicts between
the Mexican government and American settlers in Texas
EXCEPT Mexico’s
a. requirement of citizenship
b. prohibition on importing slaves.
c. strict enforcement of its laws.
d. heavy taxation of settled lands.
heavy taxation of settled lands.
12
“…I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism, and
everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid
with all dispatch [speed]…VICTORY OR DEATH.”
--from a letter written by William Travis
Travis wrote those words during the build-up to which
important battle of the Texas War for Independence?
a.
the Battle of Goliad
c.
the Battle of the Alamo
b.
the Battle of Gonzales d.
the Battle of San
Jacinto
c. the Battle of the Alamo
13 Why was the Battle of the Alamo significant to the
outcome of the Texas Revolution?
a.
Frontiersman Davy Crockett and Colonel Jim Bowie
joined the Texan defenses.
b.
Prisoners who had surrendered at Goliad were
released, adding to the Texan defenses.
c.
Even though the Texans were beaten, Sam Houston’s
forces were inspired to win the Battle of San Jacinto.
d.
The Texans suffered heavy losses, but the survivors
overcame Antonio López de Santa Anna’s army.
c. Even though the Texans were
beaten, Sam Houston’s forces were
inspired to win the Battle of San
Jacinto.
14 President Jackson refused to annex Texas because doing
so would have
a.
upset the balance between free and slave states.
b.
encouraged wars of independence in other border
areas.
c.
gone against the wishes of Congress.
d.
admitted to the British that western expansion had
ended.
a.
upset the balance between
free and slave states.
15 What is another way of saying “manifest destiny”?
a.
“clear choice”
c.
“people’s future”
b.
“obvious fate”
d.
“humanity’s end”
b. “obvious fate”
16 How did the slavery issue get tied up with “manifest
destiny” in the 1840s and ’50s?
a.
Slaveholders did not know if ownership claims would
be honored in the new territories.
b.
Slavery went against the democratic values implied by
the philosophy of “manifest destiny.”
c.
Americans did not know if the institution of slavery
would be allowed in the new territories.
d.
Southern slaveholders thought expansion in the spirit
of “manifest destiny” would cause their region to lose
power.
c.
Americans did not know if
the institution of slavery would be
allowed in the new territories.
17 Americans cried “Fifty-four forty or fight!” in reference to
a.
the line to which they wanted their northern territory
to extend.
b.
the line that marked the northern border of what is
now California.
c.
the number of prisoners they wanted Santa Anna to
release.
d.
the number of American fighters whose deaths they
wanted to avenge.
a.
the line to which they wanted their northern
territory to extend.
18 Who referred to a piece of land as a “stolen province,” and
what were they talking about?
a. The British, about Oregon Country
b. The American Indians, about Utah
c. The Mexicans, about Texas
d. The Spanish, about California
The Mexicans, about Texas
19 What happened during the Bear Flag Revolt?
a.
A union of Spanish settlers rose up against the
Californios in the Mission district of San Francisco.
b.
General Taylor led his troops across the Rio Grande to
protect Texas against a Mexican uprising.
c.
John C. Frémont’s mapping expedition fought off a
black bear while crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
d.
A small group of Americans seized the town of Sonoma
and declared California’s independence.
d. A small group of Americans
seized the town of Sonoma
and declared California’s independence.
20 How did the treaty that ended the Mexican-American
War, signed in 1848, affect the United States?
a.
It drew the border line that divides the U.S. from
Mexico to this day.
b.
It increased the size of the U.S. by almost 25 percent.
c.
It enabled the U.S. to collect $18 million in property
taxes from Mexico.
d.
It gave the U.S. the southern parts of present-day
Arizona and New Mexico.
b.
It increased the size of the
U.S. by almost 25 percent.
21 How did the Gadsden Purchase benefit the United States?
a.
It promised to safeguard the property rights of
longtime U.S. residents.
b.
It gave the U.S. hunting rights in the area of Texas north
of the Rio Grande.
c.
It allowed the U.S. to purchase the northern part of
present day Arizona.
d.
It secured a southern route for a transcontinental
railroad on American soil.
d. It secured a southern
route for a transcontinental
railroad on American soil.
22 Which challenge did Mexican Americans face when
American settlers poured into the Southwest after the
Mexican War?
a.
Mexican legal ideas included community water rights
and community property rights, but American legal
ideas did not.
b.
Mexican American communities wanted to celebrate
Mexican holidays, but American settlers would not
allow it.
c.
Mexican Americans preached Roman Catholicism, but
American settlers belonged to a variety of religious
groups.
d.
Mexican Americans had essential skills to survive and
flourish in the region and were forced to share them
with Americans.
a.
Mexican legal ideas
included community water rights
and community property rights,
but American legal ideas did not.
23 Which of the following was a result of the mixing of
various cultures in the Southwest after the Mexican Cession?
a.
American settlers taught Mexican Americans about
mining in the mountains.
b.
American settlers introduced saddles and other tools to
Mexican American ranchers.
c.
American Indians inspired the use of adobe as a
building material in the Southwest.
d.
American Indians were taught to use money by Spanish
settlers in the Southwest.
c.
American Indians inspired the use of
adobe as a building material in the Southwest.
24 How did Brigham Young’s influence resolve the western
dispute over water rights?
a.
Young supported the eastern U.S. tradition regarding
equal access to water.
b.
Young promoted the idea that the good of the
community should outweigh the interests of
individuals.
c.
Young felt that irrigation was less effective than dams
or canals for large-scale agriculture.
d.
Young felt that addressing individual water use was the
key to resolving the problem for the entire community.
b. Young promoted the idea that the
good of the community should
outweigh the interests of individuals.
25 In the 1830s to 1840s, why did a growing number of
Americans travel the California Trail?
a.
Recently published Anglo-Californian guidebooks
persuaded settlers to move to the region.
b.
Taken by the spirit of “manifest destiny,” many
Americans decided to settle permanently at the
continent’s western edge.
c.
American and Mexican merchants would meet in
California to trade factory-made goods for precious
coins, hides, and tallow.
d.
American cattle ranchers were attracted by the Spanish
government’s promise of Mexican land.
c.
American and Mexican merchants
would meet in California to trade factorymade goods for precious coins, hides, and
tallow.
26 What lesson might a western traveler have learned from
the story of the Donner party?
a.
“There are no good shortcuts.”
b.
“Always travel with a friend.”
c. “Don’t always trust what you read in the papers.”
d. “Help is on the way”
a.
“There are no good shortcuts.”
27 Which description fits the group of people known as
“forty-niners”?
a.
gold-seekers from America and abroad who migrated
to California
b.
middle-aged married men with previous gold-mining
experience
c.
individualistic prospectors of California gold-mining
sites
d.
Mexicans and South Americans who immigrated to find
gold
a. gold-seekers from America and
abroad who migrated to California
28 Which of these statements about the consequences of the
Gold Rush years is true?
a.
The population of San Francisco grew, by over twentyfive times, to more than 25,000.
b.
Mexicans and South Americans came to make up the
largest foreign group in the mining region.
c.
The vast majority of gold-rush miners left California and
took their earnings to their families back east.
d.
The large amount of gold in circulation in California
caused severe deflation, meaning prices dropped.
a.
The population of San Francisco grew, by over
twenty-five times, to more than 25,000.
29 What happened to California’s population as a result of
the Gold Rush?
a.
The population grew, but not as much as it had during
the Spanish and Mexican periods of settlement.
b.
The population boomed during “gold fever,” but
declined just as quickly because of inflation.
c.
Immigrants and Americans flocked to California to “get
rich quick” and stayed to build a stable frontier society.
d.
Californios and American Indians still outnumbered
immigrants and Americans after the Gold Rush.
c. Immigrants and Americans
flocked to California to “get rich
quick” and stayed to build a stable
frontier society.
30 As a result of the population explosion of the “gold fever”
years, California became
a.
eligible for statehood.
b.
richer than any other region in the country.
c.
more populous than any other region in the country.
d.
off limits to new immigrants.
a.
eligible for statehood.
31 What role did the Transcontinental Railroad play in
California’s development?
a.
It contributed to California’s population explosion by
bringing settlers to the West in the mid-1850s.
b.
It slowed down California’s economy because it took
two decades and many thousands of dollars to
complete.
c.
It gave California’s economy the means to grow by
connecting the state to the rest of the country.
d.
It damaged California’s environment by requiring the
development of coal mining and timber industries.
c. It gave California’s economy
the means to grow by connecting
the state to the rest of the country.
32 What was the main job of the early mountain men of the
West?
a. to make maps
b. to trap furs to trade with merchants
c. to establish friends with Native Americans
d. to cut roads through the mountains
to trap furs to trade
with merchants
33 All of the following were mountain men EXCEPT
a.
John Jacob Astor c.
Jim Beckwourth
b.
Jedediah Smith
d.
Manuel Lisa
a. John Jacob Astor
34 What were the meetings called that mountain men and
business representatives joined up for a couple of times each
year?
a.
compromises
c.
emprasarios
b.
engagements
d.
rendezvous
d.
rendezvous
35 Which of the following foreign nations did not have claims
to the Oregon Territory in the 1800s?
a. Spain
b. France
c. England
d. Russia
France
36 Which of the following trails led settlers west from either
Independence, Missouri or Council Bluffs, Iowa to the
Willamette Valley
a.
California Trail
c.
Mormon Trail
b.
Oregon Trail
d.
Santa Fe Trail
b.
Oregon Trail
37 What trail led merchants and settlers west from
Independence, Missouri to New Mexico?
a.
California Trail
c.
Mormon Trail
b.
Oregon Trail
d.
Santa Fe Trail
d.
Santa Fe Trail
38 Who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day
Saints?
a.
Brigham Young
c.
Jim Bridger
b.
Jedediah Smith
d.
Joseph Smith
d. Joseph Smith
39 Who was the leader of Mexico after they won their
independence from Spain?
a. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
b. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
c. Comte de Rochambeau
d. Bartolome de Las Casas
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
40 What battle of the Texas Revolution has stood for years as
a lasting image of Texas independence?
a.
San Jacinto c.
Mexico City
b.
Alamo
d.
Veracruz
b.
Alamo
41 After Texas won its independence from Mexico who was
elected as the President of Texas?
a.
Stephen F. Austin c.
Jim Bowie
b.
Davy Crockett
d.
Sam Houston
d.
Sam Houston
42 Britain and the United States decided on the northern
border of Oregon at what point?
a.
the 49th Parallel c.
the 60th Parallel
b.
the 54th Parallel d.
the 63rd Parallel
a.
the 49th Parallel
43 What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican
and American War?
a. Treaty of San Jacinto
b. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c. Treaty of San Marcos
d. Treaty of Sierra Madre
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
44 Who was the German immigrant that designed heavy
denim pants for miners?
a.
Karl Wrangler
c.
Uli Kunkel
b.
Hans Gruber
d.
Levi Strauss
d. Levi Strauss
45 The Mormon Trail ended near which of the following
lakes?
a.
Pyramid Lake
c.
Lake Michigan
b.
Lake Barkley
d.
Great Salt Lake
d.
Great Salt Lake
46 Which of the following were agents that the Mexican
government hired to bring settlers into the area of Texas?
a.
Empresarios
c.
Vaqueros
b.
Encomiendas
d.
Conquistadors
a. Empresarios
47 What were the first families known as that Stephen F.
Austin took to settle in the Texas area?
a. The First Five Hundred
b. The Old Three Hundred
c. The Fabulous Four Hundred
d. The New Two Hundred
The Old Three Hundred
48 Who was put in charge of the Texas army after they
declared independence from Mexico?
a.
Stephen Austin
c.
Jonathan Vegas
b.
Sam Houston
d.
Sebastian Colorado
b. Sam Houston
49 At what battle were approximately 200 rebel volunteers
able to hold off Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna with about 1800 troops for 12 days at an old mission
outside of San Antonio?
a. Battle of San Juan Capistrano
b. Battle at the Alamo
c. Battle of San Jacinto
d. Battle of Goliad
Battle at the Alamo
50 What were Tejanos?
a.
A person of Spanish heritage that considered Texas
their home
b.
A person of Native American and Spanish heritage that
considered Texas their home
c.
A Texas native that had moved to Mexico to get away
from the Mission System
d.
A trader or merchant that traveled the Santa Fe trail
onto to Dallas or Houston and decided to reside in
Texas
a. A person of Spanish
heritage that considered
Texas their home
51 When did Texas become a part of the United
States after the U.S. Congress and Texas Congress
finally voted them in?
a.
November of 1844 c.
September of 1847
b. December of 1845 d. October of 1848
b. December of 1845
52 What did President Polk send diplomat John Slidell to
Mexico City for?
a.
To explain that we had decided to declare war on them
and wanted to give them advanced notice before we
attacked
b.
To try and settle the border dispute by purchasing New
Mexico and California
c.
To discuss where Texas should put their capital
following it gaining its independence from Spain and
Mexico
d.
To get Mexico to pay the United States not to attack
them since we were in need of money to pay off our
debts from the Spanish American War
b. To try and settle the border dispute
by purchasing New Mexico and California
53 Where was the disputed territory between the United
States and Mexico?
a.
The far Northwestern part of Mexican Territory in
California between San Francisco up to the southern
border of the Oregon Country
b.
The Southwestern part of the area of Texas between
the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River
c.
The far Eastern part of Texas between San Antonio and
New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico
d.
The area of present day Florida between the part
known as the pan-handle as far south as Orlando
b. The Southwestern part of the
area of Texas between the Nueces
River and the Rio Grande River
54 What location did President Polk send General Zachary
Taylor to take up camp, knowing it would irritate the Mexican
Army and most likely lead to a fight?
a.
To the northern border of the Rio Grande River
b.
All the way down to Monterey, south of San Francisco
in California
c.
To the outskirts of Mexico’s capital city of Mexico City
d.
To the eastern border of New Orleans on the
Mississippi River
a. To the northern border of the Rio
Grande River
55 Who was the leading abolitionist from the North that
argued that slavery would most likely spread as the country
grew in land size?
a. Frederick Douglass
b. George Washington Carver
c. Henry Clay
d. Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
56 Who was the representative from Illinois that questioned
whether or not the war was necessary and asked President
Polk, “where Mexicans shed American blood on American
soil?”
a.
Henry Clay
c.
Abraham Lincoln
b.
Daniel Webster
d.
John C. Calhoun
c. Abraham Lincoln
57 What was the name given to the acquisition of the entire
states of Nevada, California and Utah and parts of Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming called?
a.
Gadsden Purchase
c.
Spanish Selloff
b.
Mexican Cession
d.
Rio Grande Treaty
b.
Mexican Cession
58 How much did we agree to pay Mexico for the acquisition
of the entire states of Nevada, California and Utah and parts
of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming?
a.
8 million dollars c.
22 million dollars
b.
15 million dollars d.
30 million dollars
b. 15 million dollars
59 Which of the following were the types of discrimination
that Native Americans, Mexican Americans and Mexicans
faced in the areas The United States acquired in the treaty
that ended the Mexican-American War?
a.
Legal
c.
Social
b.
Economic
d.
All of these choices
d.
All of these choices
60 What trail did the California Trail follow until it reached
the Snake River in present-day Idaho and went South toward
Sutter’s Fort?
a.
Santa Fe Trail
c.
Nevada Trail
b.
Oregon Trail
d.
Washington Trail
b. Oregon Trail
61 Who was the worker that was working for John Sutter on
his mill when he discovered gold In January 1848?
a.
James Marshall c.
John C. Fremont
b.
Stephen Kearney d.
Mick Jagger
a.
James Marshall
62 What name was given to forty-niners that were looking and trying to
find gold in California?
a.
Searchers
c.
Prospectors
b.
Panners
d.
Entrepreneurs
c. Prospectors
63 Which of the following describe the type of searching for
gold called “placer mining”?
a.
digging shallow into the earth and breaking rocks using
a hammer and pick
b.
using a pan or other device to wash gold nuggets out of
loose rock or gravel
c.
taking a large hammer or sledgehammer to break
boulders into smaller rocks hoping to find gold
d.
using dynamite or blasting caps to blow up small areas
and look for shiny materials
b. using a pan or other device to
wash gold nuggets out of loose rock
or gravel
64 Which of the following best describes the average fortyniner?
a.
Young, unmarried men in search of adventure
b.
Middle aged men whose wife had left them and they
had nothing to lose
c.
Hard working, married men with families that had
debts that finding gold would do away with
d.
Foreigners from India, Russia and the Middle East that
wanted to come strike it rich
a. Young, unmarried men
in search of adventure
65 What foreign country that had suffered famine and bad
economic hardships came to California looking for great
wealth and then planned to return home?
a.
India
c.
China
b.
Russia
d.
Germany
c.
China
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