8th Grade Westward Expansion Quiz

Westward Expansion Quiz

Oregon Country

1. What was the treaty between Spain and America called?
2. What trail did people use?
3. What was the name for the people who hunted beavers?
4. What is the South Pass?
5. What were two uses for beaver pelts?

New Mexico and California Republic
1. What year did Mexico gain its independence from Spain?
2. Why was the Santa Fe Trail well known?
3. How many missions were there in California?
4. How many Native Americans lived in missions?
5. What were the huge properties Mexicans lived on called?

Texas
1. When did Texas declare their independence from Spain?
2. Why is the Battle of the Alamo important?
3. What did Stephen F. Austin call the 300 American settlers that he recruited?
4. On April 21, Texas launched a surprise attack on Mexico, what were they shouting?
5. When did Texas become a state?

War with Mexico
1. Who were the famous generals of America and Mexico?
2. Name the major cause that started the war?
3. When did the war start? When did it end?
4. How did American win the war?
5. What treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico?

California and Utah
1. Who were the Mormons? Why did they settle in Utah?
2. Who took Joseph Smith’s place? When and why?
3. How long was the Mormon trail?
4. Where and when was the gold first discovered in California?
5. When did the fever of gold strike?