Quiz 20

Question 1

This ranch hand discovered gold on a ranch n California

Answer 1

James Marshall

Question 2

This was the name for the miners who moved west during the California Gold Rush

Answer 2

Forty-niners

Question 3

The beginning of the Oregon Trail was

Answer 3

Independence, Missouri

Question 4

The famous missionaries who were among the first to travel to Oregon were

Answer 4

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman

Question 5

This is the name for the strip of land that was purchased from Mexico by the United States

Answer 5

Gadsden Purchase

Question 6

This man was a frontiersman from Tennessee who helped Texans fight for independence

Answer 6

Davy Crockett

Question 7

This man was a dictator who took control of Mexico and led an army against the Texans

Answer 7

General Santa Anna

Question 8

This man led the Texans in victory at the Battle of Jacinto

Answer 8

General Sam Houston

Question 9

This is the place that Texas claimed as its western boundary

Answer 9

Rio Grande River

Question 10

This man was President of the United States during the Mexican War

Answer 10

President James K. Polk