mountain men
The mountain men often wore shorts and trousers made from…
animal hides
How did most people travel?
by wagons
When did the California gold rush start
1849
What religion did the missionaries spread?
Christianity
What book do the Latter Day Saints use in their church?
The Book of Mormon
Lewis and Clark expedition stimulated what new interest?
the fur trade.
Why did the single women want to travel west?
to mostly find husbands and homestead.
When did the gold rush end/decline
By 1852
Did a large or small amount of indigenous people become christians?
small amount
Who believed that they received ”The Book of Mormon“ from an Angel?
Joseph Smith
What was interesting about the mountain mens hair?
it usually hung to their shoulders
How many miles did it take to travel west?
2000 miles
Flour went for how much money a barrel?
$400
What fruit did the Whitman poison?
melons
What was an unusual thing that they believed in about marriage?
Husbands could have more than 1 wife
At around what time did the fur trade start to decline?
the 1830s
When they settled, what kind of building did they usually start?
churches and schools
We’re most forty-niners young or old?
young
What were the 3 main reasons why most indigenous people died
disease, colonist killing them, and being forced off their land
In 1846, a wagon train of pioneers headed…(North, South, East, West)
West
Who was Jim Beckwourth?
An African American fur trapper from Virginia
Between 1840 and 1869, about how many people traveled west
about 350,000
What countries came to California (name at least 3-4)
Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia and China
The Whitmans
The Latter-day Saints were the first Americans to settle In the…
Great Basin