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5. 100 200 300 400 500 PeopleTerritorial Growth War with Mexico The Gold Rush The Mormons Column F Australian Animals

6. He was an emprisario and was responsible for settling 300 people in Texas. A 100

7. Who was Stephen F. Austin? A 100

8. Often called prospectors or gold seekers/miners. A 200

9. Who were the “Forty- niners”? A 200

10. A Swiss immigrant who did not do well as a miner, but made a fortune in fashion. A 300

11. Who was Levi Strauss? A 300

12. He was the commander of the Alamo. A 400

13. Who was William Barrett Travis? A 400

14. He was the Republic of Texas’s first president. A 500

15. Who was Sam Houston? A 500

16. It was known as the Lone Star Republic B 100

17. What is Texas? B 100

18. The Willamette Valley was the final stopping point of the Overland Trail. B 200

19. What is Oregon Territory? B 200

20. The Mormons established a thriving community known as Deseret. B 300

21. What is Utah Territory? B 300

22. The area that had a flourishing rancho system. B 400

23. What is California and Texas? B 400

24. The Bear Flag Republic B 500

25. What is California? B 500

26. He was the Commander of the Mexican forces. C 100

27. Who was Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna? C 100

28. Americans captured this city without firing a single shot. C 200

29. What is Santa Fe? C 200

30. The war was started over this border dispute. C 300

31. What is Mexico thought is was at the Nuecus River and the US thought is was the Rio Grande River? C 300

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33. He sent the message to Pres. Polk that “hostilities can be considered commenced”. C 400

34. Who was Gen. Taylor? C 400

35. It is the peace treaty that ended the War with Mexico. C 500

36. What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? C 500

37. Known as “Communities for Security,” they took the law into their own hands. D 100

38. What are vigilante groups? D 100

39. Gold rush communities like Shinbone Creek and Murderer’s Gap that would grow overnight with the news of a big strick. D 200

40. What are boomtowns? D 200

41. The Gold Rush would being tens of thousands to this area. D 300

42. What is California? D 300

43. The three major routes taken to the gold fields in California. D 400

44. What is taking a clipper ship around Cape Horn, trekking through the jungles of Panama and going over land via the Overland Trail (California Trail)? D 400

45. This is the profession that made the most money during the Gold Rush. D 500

46. What are merchants/suppliers? D 500

47. He established a new church. E 100

48. Who was Joseph Smith? E 100

49. This was the name of the church founded by Joseph Smith. E 200

50. What is “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints”? E 200

51. Founded by the Mormons, this city was originally called Deseret. E 300

52. What is Salt Lake City? E 300

53. He moved roughly 15,000 Mormons west so that they could practice their religion without outside interference. E 400

54. Who was Brigham Young? E 400

55. This is the name of the little girl in the reading “The Saints Move Westward”. E 500

56. Who was “Wealthy Lovisa”? E 500

57. The classification of Mammals with pouches F 100

58. What are Maruspials? F 100

59. This second largest bird in the world is native to Australia F 200

60. What is the ostrich? F 200

61. Australia’s wild dogs F 300

62. What are dingos? F 300

63. This Australian island is the home of a devil and a wolf F 400

64. What is Tasmania? F 400

65. Although the National Bird of New Zealand, it is also indigenous to Australia F 500

66. What is the Kiwi? F 500