5 Written Questions

1. First president of the Republic of Texas
   One of the first senators from the state of Texas
   Military commander of the Texans during the Texas War for Independence
   One of the most colorful man in U.S History
2. Whig candidate who ran against Jams Knox Polk in the Election of 1844
   Ran for president 4 times and never was elected
   Called "The Great Compromiser"
3. 2000 miles; it took about 6 months; most people walked the whole way on foot; the dangers were bad weather, equipment breakdown and disease.
4. The Nueces and the Rio Grande
5. Invented the blue jeans and made a fortune.

5 Matching Questions

1. Major Battles
2. John Jacob Astor
3. Mormons
4. "54 40 or fight!"
5. Zachary Taylor

1. a Monterey, Buena Vista, Vera Cruz, Mexico City
2. b The slogan of the War Hawks in Congress as we were trying to decide the boundary of Oregon with Great Britain.
3. c Called "Old Rough and Ready" by his troops during the Mexican War
   He never lost a battle and was beloved by his troops
   he later became president of the U.S
4. d Group of people who believed that men could have more than one wife. They settled around the Salt lake City, Utah area and made it flourish. 12,000 Mormons went to Salt Lake City-- the largest migration in American history.
5. e established a fur trading settlement in Oregon at Fort Astoria and became one of the wealthiest men in America

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Period in American History beginning in 1849 when thousands of people went out west looking for their fortune; helped to settle the west.
   1. Mormons
   2. Results
   3. Gold Rush
   4. commanders
2. Famous American scout and frontiersman known for his coonskin cap.
   Leader of the Tennessee Volunteers
   Killed at the Alamo
   1. Sam Houston
   2. Donner Party
   3. Jim Bowie
   4. Davy Crockett
3. Get Oregon
   Get California
   Get Texas
   Smash National Bank
   Lower tariffs
   
   accomplished all this while serving only one term.
   our hardest working president.
   1. Date Texas became a state
   2. Battle of San Jacinto
   3. Battle of Mexico City
   4. Five goals of James Knox Polk
4. Texas was called this when it was a country from 1836 to 1845
   1. Bear Flag Republic
   2. Levi Strauss
   3. Lone Star Republic
   4. Donner Party
5. Winfield Scott marched 300 miles from Vera Cruz to Mexico City; there he waged a three-week siege; Winfield Scott defeated Santa Anna's army; this ended the Mexican War.
   1. Battle of San Jacinto
   2. Manifest Destiny
   3. Battle of Mexico City
   4. The Alamo

5 True/False Questions

1. James Marshall → Discovered gold on John Shutters property; this began the Gold Rush.

   True        False

2. Why wasn't Texas admitted as a state? → Because it would upset the balance in the Senate between the slave states and the free states.

   True        False

3. Election of 1844 → James Knox Polk from Tennessee was elected president; first dark-horse candidate who is unknown who runs for political office.

   True        False

4. Treaty of Guadalupe → It ended the Mexican War; provisions -- 1. The U.S. paid 15 million dollars for the Mexican Cession 2. the boundary for the U.S. was the Rio Grande River.

   True        False

5. Jim Bowie → Famous American hero and frontiersmen known for inventing the Bowie Knife
   Most famous knife fighter in American History
   Killed at the Alamo

   True        False