Ch. 17

Question 1

early settler

Answer 1

pioneer

Question 2

people from Mexico

Answer 2

Mexicanos

Question 3

American Indian tribe that lived in the Pacific Northwest

Answer 3

Nez Perces

Question 4

area of land usually for raising cattle (Mexicanos)

Answer 4

ranchos

Question 5

sun baked clay used to make pots or homes (Mexicanos)

Answer 5

adobe

Question 6

stories and songs that the Mexicanos would tell, usually about ancestors

Answer 6

corridos

Question 7

wide-brimmed hats (Mexicanos)

Answer 7

sombreros

Question 8

tool used to help find gold; a long wooden box that water would rush through to find gold (forty-niners)

Answer 8

sluice

Question 9

piece of land worked on by a miner (forty-niners)

Answer 9

claim

Question 10

people who looked for gold during the gold rush in 1849

Answer 10

forty-niners

Question 11

keeping someone out (Chinese immigrant)

Answer 11

exclusion

Question 12

extending across the continent (Chinese immigrants helped build the this railroad that connected the east and west of the United States

Answer 12

transcontinental

Question 13

a person who comes from a different country to settle in another country (ex. Chinese immigrants)

Answer 13

immigrant

Question 14

group of people who moved west for religious freedom

Answer 14

Mormons

Question 15

representative sent by a religious group to spread religion

Answer 15

missionary

Question 16

wooden frame that fastened around an animal’s neck and then attach to a wagon

Answer 16

yoke

Question 17

hard times/bad times (pioneers)

Answer 17

hardships

Question 18

piece of land set aside by the government for natives (Nez Perces)

Answer 18

reservation

Question 19

This group was already in the Texas territory and did not have to move.

Answer 19

Mexicanos

Question 20

What are some examples of Mexicanos culture?

Answer 20

Wore sombreros and chaps; used lassos; told stories (corridos); made tortillas; used adobe to make their homes

Question 21

What impact did the Mexican War have on the Mexicanos?

Answer 21

It resulted in more Americans moving in the area. Shot cattle; burned crops;

Question 22

What group came to the West to find gold?

Answer 22

forty-niners

Question 23

What tools did the forty-niners use?

Answer 23

spoons, knives, cradle, sluice, panning

Question 24

What was life like in the mining camps?

Answer 24

No government support or protection; few women - most stayed back in boom towns; made their own sourdough bread; worked in groups; left their families; stayed in wet, leaky tents

Question 25

Why did the Chinese Immigrants come to the United States?

Answer 25

mine for gold; become farmers and fisherman; worked to build the transcontinental railroad; shopkeepers

Question 26

How did white Americans react to the Chinese Immigrants coming?

Answer 26

Forced them to leave; discriminated against; Congress pass the Chinese Exclusion Act that prevented them from entering the US for a short period of time

Question 27

What group moved west due to religious reasons?

Answer 27

Mormons

Question 28

What was the Mormon's first leader?

Answer 28

Joseph Smith

Question 29

What happened to Joseph Smith?

Answer 29

He and his brother were killed by a mob.

Question 30

Who was the second leader fo the Mormons?

Answer 30

Brigham Young

Question 31

How did the Mormon's change the area around Salt Lake City?

Answer 31

Dug ditches and built dams for irrigation; planted crops; It was a well-planned city.

Question 32

What hardships did the Oregon pioneers face?

Answer 32

Long journey of 2,000 miles; many people died of disease and hunger; Had to watch for Natives; had to cross many rivers; weather (heat and cold); bad water

Question 33

What group did Chief Joseph lead?

Answer 33

Nez Perces

Question 34

What did Chief Joseph do when the U.S. broke their treaties?

Answer 34

He tried to lead his people to Canada to keep them safe.

Question 35

What happened to the Nez Perces after they surrendered?

Answer 35

They were forced onto reservations, but half of them died before they got there. They were never allowed back on their land.

Question 36

What 3 groups were treated poorly by the U.S. government?

Answer 36

Nez Perces; Chinese Immigrants; Forty-Niners

Question 37

How did the government treat the Nez Perces poorly?

Answer 37

Promised them they could return to their land, but didn't let them. Forced them onto reservations. Many died.

Question 38

How did the government treat the Chinese Immigrants poorly?

Answer 38

Passed the Chinese Exclusion Act - preventing them from entering the U.S.; settlers treated them poorly and some were killed

Question 39

How did the government treat the forty-niners poorly?

Answer 39

Did not give them support in the mining camps and no protection

Question 40

What impact did the Industrial Revolution have?

Answer 40

It made things easier, faster and cheaper by using machines.

Question 41

Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

Answer 41

Eli Whitney

Question 42

Clinton was known for creating the Erie Canal. What is a canal?

Answer 42

A man-made ditch that allows boats to travel through water of different elevations.