5 Written Questions

1. he led a rebellion of about 80,000 impoverished Indians and mestizos against Spain in the hope of improving living conditions
2. a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of Andrew Jackson and who supported a strong legislature
3. a person who mines for gold by using pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel
4. he served as the governor of Indian Territory and fought Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe
5. he settled the Oregon boundary with Great Britain and successfully conducted the Mexican-American war

5 Matching Questions

1. Brigham Young
2. John Sutter
3. Alamo
4. prospect
5. Daniel Webster

1. a Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas, that was the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1836
2. b American religious leader who headed the Mormon Church after the murder of Joseph Smith, he moved the community to Utah, leading thousands along what came to be known as the Mormon Trail to the main settlement at Salt Lake City
3. c to search for gold
4. d American pioneer who built a trading post on the California frontier; gold was discovered leading to the California gold rush
5. e he spoke out against nullification and states' rights, believing that the country should stay unified

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
   1. vaqueros
   2. Sequoya
   3. Mormons
   4. Alamo
2. he founded the fur-trading post of Astoria and the American Fur Company
   1. Daniel Webster
   2. John Jacob Astor
   3. Stephen F. Austin
   4. John Sutter
3. a gold-seeker who moved to California during the gold rush
   1. mountainmen
   2. placer miners
   3. Mormons
   4. forty-niners
4. the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government
   1. Stephen F. Austin
   2. Brigham Young
   3. States Rights Doctrine
   4. manifest destiny
5. men hired be eastern companies to trap animals for fur in the Rocky Mountains and other western regions of the United States
   1. Mormons
   2. John Sutter
   3. mountainmen
   4. forty-niners

5 True/False Questions

1. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna → he fought in the Texas Revolution and seized the Alamo but was defeated and captured by Sam Houston at San Jacinto

   True        False

2. Worcester v. Georgia → American colonizer in Texas; he was imprisoned for urging Texas statehood after Santa Anna suspended Mexico's constitution

   True        False

3. Martin Van Buren → men hired be eastern companies to trap animals for fur in the Rocky Mountains and other western regions of the United States

   True        False

4. Sequoya → he created a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught literacy to many Cherokee

   True        False

5. Panic of 1837 → a financial crisis in the US tha tled to an economic depression

   True        False