American History 127: Section I Review

Question 1

The “Old West” was the foothills of what mountains?

Answer 1

the Appalachian mountains

Question 2

___ led the first party of white men into Kentucky in 1769.

Answer 2

Daniel Boone

Question 3

Boone’s trail through the ___ was called the Wilderness Road.

Answer 3

Cumberland Gap

Question 4

The first permanent settlers in Kentucky founded the town of ___.

Answer 4

Boonesborough

Question 5

During the War for Independence, ___ financed his own expedition against the British and their Indian allies.

Answer 5

George Rogers Clark

Question 6

Sacawajea was a Shoshoni Indian woman who served as a guide and interpreter for the ___ expedition.

Answer 6

Lewis and Clark

Question 7

Captain Zebulun Montgomery ___ conducted a second exploration of the Louisian Territory that followed the Mississippi River two thousand miles north into Minnesota.

Answer 7

Pike

Question 8

___ established Fort Manuel and Fort Lisa, helped form the Missouri Fur Company, and was an Indian subagent for the Missouri River tribes.

Answer 8

Manuel Lisa

Question 9

The “___” occured from 1815 to 1820, directly after the War of 1812.

Answer 9

Great Migration

Question 10

Major Stephen H. ___ explored the land near the Red and Arkansas Rivers and called the Great Plains area the “Great American Desert.”

Answer 10

Long

Question 11

The real explorers of the West were ___ and ___.

Answer 11

traders; fur trappers

Question 12

Jedidiah Smith and Jim Bridger were “___” who helped explore the West.

Answer 12

mountain men

Question 13

Jim Bridger was the first white man to see what famous lake?

Answer 13

the Great Salt Lake

Question 14

Jedidiah Smith and his part were the first Americans to travel to ___ overland.

Answer 14

California

Question 15

Jedidiah Smith always carried his Bible and rifle with him, and he has sometimes been called the “___.”

Answer 15

Knight in Buckskin

Question 16

Stephen Austin took three hundred families to establish the first Anglo colonies in ___.

Answer 16

Texas

Question 17

What were the names of the first two American settlements in Texas?

Answer 17

• Washington-on-the-Brazos
• Columbia

Question 18

The Anglos who organized colonies in the Mexican province of Texas were called ___.

Answer 18

empresarios

Question 19

Initiall, the Texans defeated the Mexicans at ___.

Answer 19

San Antonio

Question 20

General Santa Anna was the dictator of ___ during the Texas War for Independence.

Answer 20

Mexico

Question 21

The mission San Antonion de Valero later became known as the ___.

Answer 21

Alamo

Question 22

Name three famous colonels who defended the Alamo.

Answer 22

• William Travis
• James Bowie
• David Crockett

Question 23

___ of the Alamo’s defenders were killed by Santa Anna and the Mexican army.

Answer 23

All

Question 24

General Santan Anna personally ordered the execution of 350 unarmed prisoners from Texas at the presidio of ___.

Answer 24

Goliad

Question 25

Give two battle cries of the Texas War for Independence.

Answer 25

“Remember the Alamo!” and “Remember Goliad!”

Question 26

The victory at the Battle of ___ gave Texas its independence.

Answer 26

San Jacinto

Question 27

Name four rich western areas that became especial sites of settlement by 1840.

Answer 27

• Sacramento
• San Joaquin Valley
• Puget Sound
• Willamette Valley

Question 28

Only 47 of the original 82 members of the ill-fated ___.

Answer 28

Donner

Question 29

Utah was an attractive place to the ___ because no one seemed to want it.

Answer 29

Mormons

Question 30

Brigham Young led the Mormon party to the shores of the ___.

Answer 30

Great Salt Lake

Question 31

James W. Marshall discovered ___ at the Sutter’s sawmill, located on the American River.

Answer 31

gold

Question 32

What were the participants in the California Gold Rush Called?

Answer 32

“Forty-Niners”

Question 33

II Timothy 2:25

Answer 33

“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.”