Chapter 13 quiz

Question 1

Which of these countries did not claim the oregon country

Answer 1

france

Question 2

when they signed the adams-onis treaty, the spanish gave up their claim to oregon

Answer 2

true

Question 3

Joint occupation meant the americans could settle in the oregon country and so could the ___

Answer 3

British

Question 4

Which of these statements is true of the whitman family

Answer 4

They believed they could convert the cayuse to christianity

Question 5

Which term did newspaperman john o sullivan make popular

Answer 5

manifest destiny

Question 6

Which of these statemints about manifest festiny is true

Answer 6

thousands of americans became emigrants because of it

Question 7

Mountain men carved out the first trails to the oregon country

Answer 7

true

Question 8

49 n refers to the

Answer 8

boundary between the british and american parts of oregon

Question 9

Covered wagons were called prairies schooners because they were powered by wind

Answer 9

false

Question 10

Why did mountain men have to give up trapping beaver

Answer 10

There was a shortage of beaver due to overtrapping

Question 11

After Florida became a territory who settled there

Answer 11

Planters from the south who needed more fertile land

Question 12

What did the Floridian settlers do

Answer 12

Farmed cotton and tobacco

Question 13

Florida became a state at the same time as

Answer 13

Iowa

Question 14

Before becoming part of the united states, Taxas belonged to

Answer 14

Mexico

Question 15

Texas called itself the lonestar republic when it

Answer 15

Won its independence

Question 16

Which of these statements about the alamo is true

Answer 16

All of the defenders who fought there were killed

Question 17

Mexican leader Santa Anna recognized Texas independence after the battle of

Answer 17

San Jacinto

Question 18

Which of the following men played an important role in the lone star republic

Answer 18

Sam Houston

Question 19

Texas soldiers shouted remember the alamo at the battle of San Jacinto

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Which issue delayed statehood for both Florida and Texas

Answer 20

Statehood would upset the balance between slave and free states in congress.

Question 21

The Santa Fe Trail was first used by ______.

Answer 21

a trader with a wagon-load of goods

Question 22

in the early 1800s the territory of New Mexico included Texas and California

Answer 22

False

Question 23

What did the first Spanish settlers in the West build there

Answer 23

A chain of missions

Question 24

Why did the Spanish try to keep Americans from settling in Santa Fe

Answer 24

They were afraid the Americans would take over the land

Question 25

Why did the Mexican government want Americans to settle in Santa Fe

Answer 25

They thought American trade would be good for the economy

Question 26

Which of these statements about California is true

Answer 26

President Polk saw it as a part of manifest destiny

Question 27

To become a ranchero a person would need

Answer 27

A large estate

Question 28

Why did President Polk send troops to the border of Mexico

Answer 28

To provoke war with Mexico

Question 29

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican war

Answer 29

True

Question 30

John C. Fremont

Answer 30

Led the fight for California to become a republic.

Question 31

Some of Californios lost their land because of

Answer 31

the Land Law of 1851

Question 32

Who were the forty-niners

Answer 32

gold miners

Question 33

Which group made the most money from the gold rush

Answer 33

merchants

Question 34

Early mining towns had no law or government

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Which of these statements about California is true

Answer 35

Many towns relied on vigilantes for protections by criminals

Question 36

Joseph Smith founded a new religion after

Answer 36

He had visions

Question 37

Which of these was an early belief of the Mormons

Answer 37

Mormons should practice polygamy

Question 38

During Mormons stay in Illinois

Answer 38

Joseph sSmith was killed

Question 39

Mormons prospered in deserts in Utah because of their hard work

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Why did Utah not become a state right away

Answer 40

They often had conflicts with federal officials.