Migration And Settlement

Question 1

When did Jedidiah Smith publicise his route through the Rocky Mountains called the Oregon Trail?

Answer 1

1825

Question 2

What were the effects of the economic collapse on the East coast of America in 1837?

Answer 2

25% of people lost their jobs

People lose up to 40% of their wages

Question 3

What did the government do surrounding the Oregon Trail in 1841?

Answer 3

They spent $30,000 on an expedition to properly map the Oregon Trail

This is led by John Fremont

Question 4

What was known as the ‘Great Emigration’ in 1841?

Answer 4

A party of 60 people use the Oregon Trail to move West and in 1843 900 people use the trail led by Marcus Whitman known as the ‘Great Emigration’

Question 5

When was the disastrous Donner Party migration?

Answer 5

1846

Question 6

By which year did 5000 people use the Oregon Trail to move, the population of California at 8,000?

Answer 6

1846

Question 7

When was the successful Mormon migration?

Answer 7

1846-7

Question 8

What happened in the Gold Rush of 1849?

Answer 8

By 1855 300,000 people had moved to California in search of gold

Question 9

What was the population of California in 1850?

Answer 9

120,000

Question 10

When did settling on the Plains start to occur?

Answer 10

In the 1850s

Settling had begun in small numbers rather than just migrating across them

Question 11

When were ‘self-governing’ windmills invented?

Answer 11

1854

Made it easier to take water from the ground- this made it easier to farm on the Plains

Question 12

How did the government encourage people to settle on the Plains in 1854?

Answer 12

They created two new territories:

Nebraska

Kansas

Question 13

What was the population of California in 1855?

Answer 13

300,000

Question 14

What happened during the Civil War in 1861-1865?

Answer 14

7 southern states left the US due to conflict with the Northern states over how settle the West and slavery

Question 15

When was the Homestead Act?

Answer 15

1862

Question 16

When was the Pacific Railroad Act?

Answer 16

1862

Question 17

How did the railroad companies pay for the construction of the railroad?

Answer 17

They began selling land on the Plains

In 1863 work begins on the railroad

Question 18

What year was the railroad completed?

Answer 18

1869

Question 19

When was the Sulky Plough invented?

Answer 19

1875

Made it easier to plough the hard land on the Plains

Question 20

How many acres of government land had become Homestead land due to the Homestead Act in 1876?

Answer 20

6 million

Question 21

When was the Timber Culture Act passed?

Answer 21

1876

This allowed Homesteaders to claim an extra 160 acres of land if they planted trees on the land

Question 22

What was the Exoduster movement in 1879?

Answer 22

40,000 freed slaves move to Kansas and Missouri for a new start

Question 23

How many acres of land had railroad companies sold in the West by 1880?

Answer 23

200 million acres

Question 24

What was the Oklahoma Land rush in 1893?

Answer 24

The government give away Indian land to white settlers in Oklahoma

Over 2 million acres was given