american west fact test

Question 1

in what town did the Oregon train start

Answer 1

independance

Question 2

when did gold rush begin

Answer 2

1848

Question 3

what was the primary purpose of the spaldings and whitmans to take the oregon trail

Answer 3

to migrate west for new jobs

Question 4

what had been defined by law in 1830 which relocated many indiginous peope east

Answer 4

indian removal act

Question 5

what is the word for the poles that the indigenous people used to carry their belongings

Answer 5

travois

Question 6

what city did the mormons establish after migrating west

Answer 6

salt lake city

Question 7

what did the mormons build to ensure fresh water supplies from streams

Answer 7

irrigation

Question 8

what was the biggest killer disease for people migrating west

Answer 8

cholera

Question 9

at which fort did the donner party split

Answer 9

stutters fort

Question 10

what mountain range caused the donne party split

Answer 10

sierra nevada

Question 11

in the fort laramie treaty how much money did the us givernment give indiginous people if they followed the rules

Answer 11

50 000 for 50 years

Question 12

what was the name given to people who search for gold

Answer 12

prospector

Question 13

what name is given to the execution of criminal suspected of crimes carried out by a group of people taking the law into their own hand

Answer 13

lynching

Question 14

in 1854 settlement Began on the great Plains of creation of 2 new US territories Kansas and which other

Answer 14

nebraska