Mexico
Gold Rush
Oregon Country
M&M (Missionaries & Mormons)
100
Who was the president of Mexico?
Who is Santa Anna?
100
What is a miner?
What is a person who brings natural resources out of the earth?
100
What is a pioneer?
What is a person who settles in an area?
100
Who was the leaders of the Mormons?
What is Brigham Young?
200
Who was the president of Texas?
What is Sam Houston?
200
What was a forty-niner?
What is A person who rushed to California in search of gold?
200
_________ was the belief that God gave America all the land between California and Mexico.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
Who wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language?
What is Henry and Eliza Spalding?
300
True/False
In the war with Mexico, one advantage the Americans had over the Mexicans was that the Americans had better leaders.
What is false?
300
Who gained the most money from the California gold rush?
What is Merchants?
300
Which number is the 49th Parallel?
What is #18?
300
Who was the original leader of the Mormons?
What is Joseph Smith?
400
What Number represents Mexico?
What is #17?
400
True/False
Polk wanted to take California because of all the port cities there.
What is True?
400
What feature on a map shows where an area is located in the world?
What is locator map?
400
Where did the mormons travel to?
What is Great Salt Lake? or What is Utah?
500
What number represents the Rio Grade?
What is #16?
500
Why did slave owners not want to take their slaves to California?
What is Because they feared they would run away to mine for gold?
500
What can be used to find the actual distance between two places on a map?
What is Map Scale?
500
Why did the Spaldings have to leave Oregon Country?
What is because it was too dangerous since the Whitmans were killed?