Deck 11: Moving West

Question 1

An obstacle hindering the organization of churches and schools in the frontier communities included

A) lack of determination to reestablish familiar institutions.
B) disagreements over the kinds of churches and schools to build.
C) geographic mobility of the settlers.
D) unwillingness to spend money.

Answer 1

lack of determination to reestablish familiar institutions.

Question 2

Which of the following ethnic and racial groups were present in California during the 1850s?

A) Chinese
B) African Americans
C) Europeans
D) All of the above.

Answer 2

All of the above.

Question 3

All of the following are true regarding the Chinese American population in the 1800s EXCEPT they

A) were mostly men.
B) were able to become members of the legislature.
C) were fearful of white miners.
D) worked in a variety of occupations besides mining.

Answer 3

were able to become members of the legislature.

Question 4

Americans encountered a Spanish-speaking culture in all of the following places EXCEPT

A) New Mexico.
B) Texas.
C) California.
D) Oregon.

Question 5

By 1835, almost 30,000 Americans were living in Texas, the largest group of Americans living outside the nation's boundaries at that time.

Question 6

President Polk risked war with Britain over Oregon Territory by his refusal to accept less than a boundary set at 54°40'.

Question 7

From the very beginning of the 1840s, thousands of American emigrants on the overland trails lost their lives to hostile Indian raids.

Question 8

Gold was discovered in California in the year 1849.

Question 9

Most miners to California wanted to remain and settle permanently.

Question 10

California was one of the most diverse places in the country during the 1850s.

Question 11

Most gold miners struck it rich and returned home wealthy.

Question 12

In 1860, nearly 3,000 Chinese lived in Chinatown, a large district in San Francisco.

Question 13

As late as 1880, most large western cities counted more women than men.

Question 14

In 1880, the California legislature passed a law banning intermarriage between a white person and an Asian person.

Question 15

The conviction that America's superior institutions and culture gave the United States a God-given right, even an obligation, to spread its civilization across the continent was expressed in the phrase ________.

Question 16

Upon news of the Texas rebellion, Mexican dictator and general ________ hurried north to crush it with an army of 6,000 conscripts.

Question 17

Hoping the issue would boost his reelection chances in 1844, President ________ reopened the question of annexing Texas.

Question 18

In securing the Democratic nomination in 1844, ________ called for "the reannexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period" and the occupation of the Oregon Territory.

Question 19

Between 1849 and 1852, the population of ________ more than doubled.

Question 20

For ________, the gold rush in California was a disaster of epic proportions.

Question 21

During the 1840s, ________ and Anglo Americans came into extensive contact for the first time.

Question 22

As many as ________ Indians gathered at the Ft. Laramie Council of 1851.