Explorers and Californios
This is the state Lewis and Clark’s journey ended in.
What is Oregon?
The Mormons settled in this modern-day city and state after they left Illinois
What is Salt Lake City, Utah?
The goal of missionaries
What is converting non-believers to the Christian faith
Chinese immigrants that traveled to the U.S. during the Gold Rush had a large impact on this major U.S. city
What is San Francisco?
Fill in the blank: “The ______ lived on ______ which were a land grants made by the Mexican government that were used primarily for cattle and raising crops.
Who are the Californios and what is a rancho?
This man took over as the head of the Mormon church after Joseph Smith was killed
Who is Brigham Young?
1.) These two couples were Christian missionaries that used the Oregon Trail to convert Native Americans tribes in the West to Christianity.
2.) These two couples successfully converted this number of ENTIRE tribes
Who are the Spaldings and the Whitmans?
Who is no one?
This is the reason that the (mostly) men that traveled to California during the Gold Rush were called the “Forty-Niners”
What is they traveled to California in the year 1849?
The Native American woman acted as a guide and translator for Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
List at least two states the Mormons settled in.
What is Illinois, New York, Ohio, Utah?
This is a 2,000 mile long trail from Missouri to Oregon. It is important to American history because this is the trail that allowed emigrants from all over the U.S. and the world to reach the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Trail?
T or F: Mining towns were often over-policed
False
This group explored a great deal of the American West and the routes they used were the basis for both the Oregon and California trails.
Who are the Mountain Men?
Describe how the founder of the Mormon faith started the religion.
What is he believed an angel had delivered the Book of Mormon to him and he also believed it was his duty to form a community of followers that would serve God? Or What is he had visions for about 10 years in which he was prompted to found the faith?
This Pioneer woman that left a long-lasting legacy in California by helping Native American’s learn to read and write in English. She was also an important figure in the woman’s suffrage movement throughout the country.
Who is Annie Bidwell?
Positive outcome of the California Gold Rush
What is the expansion of California’s economy?
At least one of the three reasons why President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition
What is to make contact with Native Americans for the purpose of trade? What is to find the Northwest Passage? What is to figure out what exactly what Jefferson had bought in the Louisiana Purchase?
Explain the significance of the Reynolds v. United States case
What is the court case that decided that polygamy was illegal?
Two of the three reasons why someone would want to travel on the Oregon Trail.
What is the possibility of finding gold in Oregon, Christian missionaries wanted to convert Native Americans to their religion and teach them “civilization” or the idea that land was “free” in Oregon?
Negative outcome of the Gold Rush
What is a sharp drop in the number of Native Americans living in the state? What is environmental destruction?