The Gold Rush TexasOregon War with Mexico The Mormons

Question: The Gold Rush brought tens of thousands to people to this area. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #1

Answer: California Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #1

Question: These are the three ways people came to the gold fields of California from 1848 to Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #2

Answer: Taking a clipper ship around Cape Horn, trekking across Panama or by wagon train on the Overland Trail. Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #2

Question: People in this profession made huge profits during the Gold Rush. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #3

Answer: Who were the merchants or suppliers Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #3

Question: California’s request for statehood caused a crisis in Congress because….. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #4

Answer: California would enter as a free state. Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #4

Question: She became known for her scandalous “spider dance”. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #5

Answer: Lola Montez Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #5

Question: The provisional government of the Republic of Texas named this man as commander–in-chief of the Texan forces. Check Your Answer Texas #1

Answer: Sam Houston Back to the Game Board Texas #1

Question: Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home were called…. Check Your Answer Texas #2

Answer: Tejanos Back to the Game Board Texas #2

Question: This Tennessee backwoodsman and former Congressman lost his life at the Alamo. Check Your Answer Texas #3

Answer: Davy Crockett Back to the Game Board Texas #3

Question: General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana was captured in this battle (it lasted only 18 minutes). Check Your Answer Texas #4

Answer: San Jacinto Back to the Game Board Texas #4

Question: About the defenders of this place, Santa Ana said, “The Texans fought more like devils than like men.” Check Your Answer Texas #5

Answer: The Alamo Back to the Game Board Texas #5

Question: The dispute with England over the Oregon territory ended when…. Check Your Answer Oregon #1

Answer: Britain gave up its clams to the territory. Back to the Game Board Oregon #1

Question: Among the first settlers of the Oregon country after fur trappers were the… Check Your Answer Oregon #2

Answer: Missionaries Back to the Game Board Oregon #2

Question: The first large-scale migration to Oregon left from… Check Your Answer Oregon #3

Answer: Independence, MO Back to the Game Board Oregon #3

Question: Great Britain and the United States resolved the Oregon issue by setting the boundry between the two at… Check Your Answer Oregon #4

Answer: 49 th N line of lattitude Back to the Game Board Oregon #4

Question: He lead a group of missionaries to present day Walla Walla Washington to preach Christianity to the native peoples. Check Your Answer Oregon #5

Answer: Dr. Marcus Whitman Back to the Game Board Oregon #5

Question: President James K. Polk used this event as grounds for declaring war against Mexico. Check Your Answer War with Mexico #1

Answer: The attack of Gen. Zachary Taylor’s troops by Mexican soliers. Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #1

Question: The Americans captured this city without firing a single shot (the provincial government and the military fled the advance). Check Your Answer War with Mexico #2

Answer: Santa Fe, New Mexico Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #2

Question: Americans wanted this Mexican territory because it provided access to the Pacific Ocean. Check Your Answer War with Mexico #3

Answer: California Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #3

Question: This was the peace treaty that ended the war. Check Your Answer War with Mexico #4

Answer: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #4

Question: The War with Mexico helped the US achieve Manifest Destiny by getting this land and establishing the border between the two nations here. Check Your Answer War with Mexico #5

Answer: The Southwest and the Rio Grande River Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #5

Question: The Mormons also go by this other name. Check Your Answer The Mormons #1

Answer: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Back to the Game Board The Mormons #1

Question: This leader had visions from God that lead him to found the religion Check Your Answer The Mormons #2

Answer: Joseph Smith Back to the Game Board The Mormons #2

Question: After their leader was hanged by an angry mob, this man decided to take a group of people and leave the US to settle somewhere else where they could practice their faith freely. Check Your Answer The Mormons #3

Answer: Brigham Young Back to the Game Board The Mormons #3

Question: This city flourished in the middle of the desert. Check Your Answer The Mormons #4

Answer: Deseret Back to the Game Board The Mormons #4

Question: This is the practice of having more than one wife ( largely frowned on today!) Check Your Answer The Mormons #5

Answer: Polygamy Back to the Game Board The Mormons #5