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Mr. Mireles Trivia
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These independent fur traders helped find new paths through the Rocky Mountains.
What are mountain men?
100
This was a very important part of the Native American economy, that was greatly reduced as people moved West.
What are buffalo?
100
The War with Mexico was about the ________________.
What is the Texas border?
100
_____________are people who journeyed to California in 1849.
Who are forty-niners?
100
What grade did Mr. Mireles go visit Boston?
What is the 5th grade?
200
These are a line of wagons led by an experienced guide.
What are wagon trains?
200
This war began with a border dispute between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Mexican-American war?
200
___________________ are Mexicans of Spanish origin who lived in CA.
What are Californios?
200
This method of gold mining was common with miners. They would separate gold nuggets from gravel by washing dirt in a flat, shallow strainer.
What is panning?
200
What is Mr. Mireles' favorite pizza place?
What is Round Table Pizza?
300
Many people had ________ or a desire to get a fresh start in the West.
What is "Oregon Fever"?
300
The Mexican Army captured this old Spanish mission and killed the well-known frontiersmen Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie.
What is the Alamo?
300
DAILY DOUBLE: The ___________________________ ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
300
This city became the center of trade for the region because of its harbor and location near the gold mines.
Where is San Francisco?
300
When Mr. Mireles went to New York, what is the one food that he had daily?
What is pizza?
400
This is the belief in the right of the U.S. to expand its borders and claim new lands.
What is manifest destiny?
400
This man was the general of the Texas army and retaliated by shouting “Remember the Alamo!” He helped the Texans defeat the Mexican army.
Who is Sam Houson?
400
Mexico sold these future states.
What is California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming?
400
What year did California become a state?
What is 1850?
400
What kind of car did Mr. Mireles first have when he was in high school?
What is an Oldsmobile?
500
It took about ____months to travel the 2,000 miles route west.
What is six?
500
Texas became its own country called what?
What is the Lone Star Republic?
500
The _______________________was the event where people came to California in search of gold and riches.
What is the Gold Rush?
500
This was a compromise that admitted California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
500
When Mr. Mireles was young he used to buy comic books. What comic book did he consistently buy?
What is SpiderMan?