Gold Rush
This was the nickname given to many of the gold miners who rushed over to California during the Gold Rush.
What is 49'ers?
Define the term Manifest Destiny in your own words.
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What was the starting place for most travelers of the Oregon Trail?
What is Independence, Missouri
Texas was owned by which European nation before it gained it's independence?
What is Spain?
What is the rough estimate of NYC's population? (Must be within 500,000 to get it right)
True or False. More people made money off of selling supplies and food during the Gold Rush than from actually finding gold.
What is true?
What was the most common way of travelling westward before the invention of trains?
What was by ox and wagon?
What was the most common animal used to pull wagons on the Oregon Trail?
What is an ox/oxen?
Texans famously remember this phrase which referred to a slaughter of fellow texans during a battle with Mexico at an old fort.
What is "Remember the Alamo!"
What is Manhattan?
What is the name of a town/city that would pop up out of nowhere in the west due to either gold or another valuable resource being found nearby?
What is a boomtown?
Name three reasons why somebody would want to move out west.
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What was the best month to start your journey on the Oregon Trail and why?
What is April, because it won't be too rainy and you will likely make it to Oregon before the winter time.
Texas was formerly a part of this country before gaining it's independence.
What is Mexico?
The borough of Queens is located on what island?
What is Long Island?
Did hundreds, thousands, tens of thousand, hundreds of thousands, or millions of people move to California during the gold rush?
What is hundreds of thousands?
Name three types of supplies which would commonly be brought out west.
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Roughly how long was the Oregon Trail from start to finish?
Name two of the four biggest rules that American immigrants had to follow if they wanted to move to Texas.
Become catholic, learn Spanish, be a hard-working person of good morals, no slaves
What are the three boroughs that do not border Queens by land?
What is Staten Island, Manhattan and the Bronx?
What was the name of the river where gold was first found?
What is the American River?
Name three common diseases that claimed the lives of Americans traveling west in the 1800's.
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What was the name of the Mexican general/leader who lead Mexico to it's defeat against the Texans, allowing Texas to gain it's independence?
Who is General Santa Ana?
Is Queens the first, second, third, fourth or fifth most populated borough in NYC?
What is second.