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4. Question: The Gold Rush brought tens of thousands to people to this area. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #1

5. Answer: California Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #1

6. Question: These are the three ways people came to the gold fields of California from 1848 to 1855. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #2

7. Answer: Taking a clipper ship around Cape Horn, trekking across Panama or by wagon train on the Overland Trail. Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #2

8. Question: People in this profession made huge profits during the Gold Rush. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #3

9. Answer: Who were the merchants or suppliers Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #3

10. Question: California’s request for statehood caused a crisis in Congress because….. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #4

11. Answer: California would enter as a free state. Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #4

12. Question: She became known for her scandalous “spider dance”. Check Your Answer The Gold Rush #5

13. Answer: Lola Montez Back to the Game Board The Gold Rush #5

14. Question: The provisional government of the Republic of Texas named this man as commander–in-chief of the Texan forces. Check Your Answer Texas #1

15. Answer: Sam Houston Back to the Game Board Texas #1

16. Question: Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home were called…. Check Your Answer Texas #2

17. Answer: Tejanos Back to the Game Board Texas #2

18. Question: This Tennessee backwoodsman and former Congressman lost his life at the Alamo. Check Your Answer Texas #3

19. Answer: Davy Crockett Back to the Game Board Texas #3

20. Question: General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana was captured in this battle (it lasted only 18 minutes). Check Your Answer Texas #4

21. Answer: San Jacinto Back to the Game Board Texas #4

22. Question: About the defenders of this place, Santa Ana said, “The Texans fought more like devils than like men.” Check Your Answer Texas #5

23. Answer: The Alamo Back to the Game Board Texas #5

24. Question: The dispute with England over the Oregon territory ended when…. Check Your Answer Oregon #1

25. Answer: Britain gave up its clams to the territory. Back to the Game Board Oregon #1

26. Question: Among the first settlers of the Oregon country after fur trappers were the… Check Your Answer Oregon #2

27. Answer: Missionaries Back to the Game Board Oregon #2

28. Question: The first large-scale migration to Oregon left from… Check Your Answer Oregon #3

29. Answer: Independence, MO Back to the Game Board Oregon #3

30. Question: Great Britain and the United States resolved the Oregon issue by setting the boundry between the two at… Check Your Answer Oregon #4

31. Answer: 49 th N line of lattitude Back to the Game Board Oregon #4

32. Question: He lead a group of missionaries to present day Walla Walla Washington to preach Christianity to the native peoples. Check Your Answer Oregon #5

33. Answer: Dr. Marcus Whitman Back to the Game Board Oregon #5

34. Question: President James K. Polk used this event as grounds for declaring war against Mexico. Check Your Answer War with Mexico #1

35. Answer: The attack of Gen. Zachary Taylor’s troops by Mexican soliers. Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #1

36. Question: The Americans captured this city without firing a single shot (the provincial government and the military fled the advance). Check Your Answer War with Mexico #2

37. Answer: Santa Fe, New Mexico Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #2

38. Question: Americans wanted this Mexican territory because it provided access to the Pacific Ocean. Check Your Answer War with Mexico #3

39. Answer: California Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #3

40. Question: This was the peace treaty that ended the war. Check Your Answer War with Mexico #4

41. Answer: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #4

42. Question: The War with Mexico helped the US achieve Manifest Destiny by getting this land and establishing the border between the two nations here. Check Your Answer War with Mexico #5

43. Answer: The Southwest and the Rio Grande River Back to the Game Board War with Mexico #5

44. Question: The Mormons also go by this other name. Check Your Answer The Mormons #1

45. Answer: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Back to the Game Board The Mormons #1

46. Question: This leader had visions from God that lead him to found the religion Check Your Answer The Mormons #2

47. Answer: Joseph Smith Back to the Game Board The Mormons #2

48. Question: After their leader was hanged by an angry mob, this man decided to take a group of people and leave the US to settle somewhere else where they could practice their faith freely. Check Your Answer The Mormons #3

49. Answer: Brigham Young Back to the Game Board The Mormons #3

50. Question: This city flourished in the middle of the desert. Check Your Answer The Mormons #4

51. Answer: Deseret Back to the Game Board The Mormons #4

52. Question: This is the practice of having more than one wife ( largely frowned on today!) Check Your Answer The Mormons #5

53. Answer: Polygamy Back to the Game Board The Mormons #5