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Which description fits the group of people known as the forty niners?
a) Gold seekers from America and abroad who migrated to California.
b) Middle aged married men with previous gold mining experience.
c) Individual prospectors of California gold mining sites
d) Mexican and South American who immigrated to find gold,
Which of these was NOT an effect of the Mexican American War?
a) New States were established.
b) New disputes about slavery began.
c) U.S. buys the Oregon Territory.
d) Compromise of 1850
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo affect the U.S.?
a) It drew the border line that divides the U.S. from Mexico to this day.
b) It increased the size of the U.S. by almost 25%
c) It enabled the U.S. to collect $18 million in property taxes from Mexico.
d) It gave the U.S. the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
How did the Gadsden Purchase benefit the U.S?
a) It promised to safeguard the property rights of longtime U.S. residents.
b) It gave the U.S. hunting rights in the area of Texas north of the Rio Grande.
c) It allowed the U.S. to purchase the northern part of Arizona.
d) It secured a route for the U.S. to build a transcontinental railroad.
Which was NOT a route to get to California?
a) Travel overland through the Great Plains and over the mountains of the West.
b) Travel overland through the Great Plains and up through Mexico.
c) Sail from an East Coast city all the way around South America and up to California.
d) Sail from an East Coast city to Panama, travel across Panama and board another ship to California.
Which event was NOT a reason that contributed to Texas declaring Independence?
a) Mexico outlawed slavery.
b) Mexico threatened the Texans.
c) Mexico closed Texas to further American immigration.
d) Stephen Austin was jailed.
How did the date of departure along the Oregon Trail influence the journey?
a) If they left too late in the Spring, they can get caught in the mountains during Winter.
b) If they left too early in the Spring, there wouldn't be enough grass for the livestock.
c) If they left too late in the Spring, the rivers would be too high to cross.
d) None of the above.
As a result of the population boom from gold fever, California became
a) Eligible to become a U.S. State
b) Richer than any other territory in the country.
c) More populous than any other region in the country.
d) Off limits to new immigrants
Why did people in America think it would take 300 years to populate the West?
a) Because it took that long to populate to East of the Mississippi River.
b) Because it took that long to populate to West of the Mississippi River.
c) Because it took that long to move the Native Americans to the Indian Territory.
d) Because it took that long to populate the 13 original states.
Which is a FACT about the results of the Gold Rush?
a) Many had their land taken away.
b) Gold Rushers spent all of their money on land.
c) With gold around, prices for food and supplies increased.
d) With so much gold around, people were robbed.
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