Unit 4 Test Flashcards
What was the murder of about 120 westward settlers in Utah?
Mountain meadow massacre
What was the major result of the California gold rush?
Diversity in society
What was one thing German immigrants brought with them to America?
Christmas tree and Kentucky rifles
What was the name of the battle in which Texans ambushed the sleeping Mexican army in retaliation for the Alamo ?
Battle of San Jacinto
Which Mormon leader ordered the attack on the westward settlers passing through Utah ?
John D Lee
What act tried to help California Indians affected by the gold rush?
Act for the government protection of Indians
Group tracked in the Rocky Mountains?
Donner Party
What was the name of the battle that ended that war in Mexico?
Battle of Buena vista
Who were the two leading generals in the Mexican American war?
Zackary Taylor and Winfield Scott
On whom did the Mormons try to blame the attack on the westward settlers?
Native Americans
On what date did California become a state?
September 9,1850
What was a problem with the early railroad system?
Made of iron so it rusted, brea, weather, froze, sparked, made of wood
Which president sent an army to put down the Mormon rebellion?
Buchanan
What were two jobs held by woman in the gold rush?
Prostitution, seamstress, laundress, shop owners
What was the name of the first steamboat to sail across the Atlantic?
Savanna
What was a nickname for the Mexican American war?
Polks war
How did Californians try to limit the rights of immigrants to mine for gold?
Foreign miners tax
Group passing through Utah?
Thatcher band
What were the two borders in dispute between Mexico and the U.S.?
The rio grande and Nueces rivers.
What was the first national highway?
Cumberland Road
What political postion did Brigham young hold?
Governor of Utah
What was the indian war that resulted from the Oregon trail settlement?
Cayuse war
What was the largest immigrant group that came to California for the gold rush?
Chinese
List one reason for immigration to US during the 1840-1860?
Potato famine, letters home, overpopulation in Europe
What is the famous chant sung by the army when they retaliated against the Mexican army for killing Texans?
Remember the Alamo
What was the group of alleged Mormon assassins?
Avenging Angels
First ghostown?
San Francisco
Why did the cayuse Indian attack the whitmans?
Because they believed the whitmans were using witchcraft
What were several common problems brought on by western population and urbanization?
Slums, impure water, sewage and garbage overflow
Who were the two frontiersmen that were killed at the Alamo?
Davey Crockett and Jim Bowie
What did the Mormons practice that government disapproved of?
Polygamy
What were gold miners called?
49ers
What was the First National park?
Yellowstone
Which group of Indians attacked and killed the whitmans?
Cayuse Indians
Who was the leader of independent Texas?
Sam Houston
What did the Mormons call their refuge in Utah?
Deseret
What did the whitmans start on the Oregon trail?
School, and churches
Who were the two famous missionary couples that settled along the Oregon trail?
Henry and Eliza Spalding and Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
