1. Welcome to Who Wants to be a Millionaire
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4. Why did mountain men travel to the Oregon country?15
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A: To claim farmsteads
B: to become cowboys
C: to collect beaver pelts to sell for profit
D: to fight Native Americans

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Why did Spain offer land in Texas to American settlers after the United States dropped its claim to the area? 14
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A: for settlers to fight Native Americans
B: for economic development
D: to show gratitude to the United States
C: to fulfill the terms of the Adams-OnÍs Treaty

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This battle united Texas in the common cause, while proving the Texan’s bravery in their fight for independence from Mexico ? 14
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A: Bear Flag
B: War with Spain
D: The Alamo
C: Sheep Creek

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10. Why did Texans want to be independent from Mexico?15
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A: they wanted to stop emigration from the United States
B: Stephen Austin had become a dictator
C: Santa Anna overthrew Mexico’s constitution
D: all of the above

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12. Who was against the Mexican-American war?15
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A: Northerners
B: Democrats
C: Southerners
D: the media

13. You’ve Reached the $1,000 Milestone! Congratulations! Congratulations!

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What issue brought difficulties to the admission of new states to the union during the early and mid-1800’s? 14
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B: trade restrictions
A: manifest destiny
D: disputes over the spread of slavery
C: access to overland trails

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17. What was one result from the California Gold Rush?15
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A: Chicago was depopulated
B: Boomtown were abandoned
C: California cities flourished
D: Most forty-niners got rich

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19. What was life like in California gold mining camps?15
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A: There were very few women
B: Vigilantes acted as judge and jury
C: There was much criminal activity
D: all of the above

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21. Why did Utah not become a state until 1896?15
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A: Slavery was legal there
B: Mormons resisted federal authority
C: Mexico would not sell the territory
D: Polygamy angered many people

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23. Davy Crocket was famous as a15
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B: popular congressman
A: skilful hunter
C: fighter who died at the Alamo
D: all of the above

24. You’ve Reached the $32,000 Milestone! Congratulations!

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26. Steven Watts Kearney led his troops15
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A: from the U.S to Mexico
B: across the Rio Grande
D: from San Francisco to Los Angeles
C: into Mexico City

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28. Where were the shots fired that began the Mexican-American War?15
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A: in Sonoma, California
B: in Santa Fe
C: the area between Mexico and Texas
D: at the Alamo

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30. Who won most of the battles of the Mexican-American War?15
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A: the Texans
B: the Mexicans
C: the United States
D: citizens of Sonoma

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32. Why did Americans settle in Oregon?15
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A: economic troubles in the East
B: the promise of fertile farmland
C: the belief in Manifest Destiny
D: all of the above

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34. In what treaty did Spain give up its claim to Oregon Country?15
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A: Treaty of Paris
B: XYZ Affair
C: Adams-Onis Treaty
D: Gadsden Purchase

35. YOU WIN $1 MILLION DOLLARS!

36. Another Presentation © 2002 - All rights Reserved Mark E. Damon