Chapter 19 Review: The Diverse Peoples of the West | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Students explore the answer to this driving question: What drew new settlers to the western part of the United States in the 1800s?

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What news in 1848 encouraged large numbers of people to move to California?

gold was discovered in CA

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How did Californios gain their land in the West in the 1830s?

The Mexican government granted them huge plots of land.

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Chinese workers on the Central and Union Pacific Railroad often worked harder and earned less money than other workers. True or false?

true

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What kind of work did women pioneers do on the Oregon Trail?

set up camp, cared for the sick, cooked the food

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How did most colonists get to the West?

they traveled over land

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How did Californios adapt to the climate in which they lived?

they built houses of adobe to stay cool in the hot weather

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How did Congress respond to the. growing anger against Chinese workers in the late 1800s?

It passed a law forbidding Chinese immigrants from coming to the United States.

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One of the most significant challenges facing pioneers along the Oregon Trail was the boredom caused by a lack of work along the trail. True or false?

false

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How did the arrival of American colonists affect the American Indians living in the West?

they lost the lands where they had lived for centuries

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Most gold-seeking forty-niners became millionaires almost overnight. True or False?

false

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What motivated the Mormons to move to Utah?

They went in search of religious freedom.

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What happened when the Nez Percé tried to flee to Canada? Text to speech

They lost a battle with U.S. soldiers and were forced to move to a reservation.

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The thousands of early colonists who were attracted to the West by cheap land were called

pioneers

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