Who was Stephen Austin?
Famous outlaw and cowboy
Owner of the very first dude ranch
President of the Republic of Texas
Founder of the English-speaking settlements in Texas
Why were young men and orphans preferred for the Pony Express?
They were more liked by the clients
They didn’t complain as much about the pay
They were lightweight and the job was dangerous
They were faster than telegraph machines
About 10 years after the Alamo, the US annexed Texas and there was…
The Civil War
The War of 1812
The Mexican-American War of 1846
The Texas Revolution
Who was fighting against who in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836?
Texas vs. the United States
Mexico vs. Spain
Mexico vs. Texas
Mexico vs. Great Britain
After what did the Pony Express stop?
The invention of the telegraph
The invention of the railway
The invention of automobiles
The invention of the cotton gin
What was the Alamo?
A hospital
A military fortress
A farm
small chapel
Because of the pioneers settling out west, what happened to native Americans
They prospered selling food and tools to the pioneers
They were marched back east and sent on ships to Europe
They were able to sell land to the pioneers if they wante
They were forced off their land
How did pioneers travel on the Oregon trail?
In covered wagons pulled by oxen
Walking with backpacks
Riding on horses
On a railroad
To what modern thing can you compare the Pony Express?
Door dash where you could order hard biscuits and raw bacon
Equestrian Ranches like Spring Valley Farm
UPS or USPS, especially around Christmastime
Railways like the Polar Express we went on
What was the movement of people to California in 1849 called?
The California Gold Rush
Gold Revolution
The Secret of Sutter Mill Springs
The Wild West
How was gold first discovered in California?
A meteorite landed next to the Oregon trail & opened a mine
Native Americans guided the settlers to it.
Pioneers stumbled upon gold nuggets in the mountains.
While building a mill, Jim Marshall found gold in the Amer R
The U.S. got how many square miles of territory from Mexico after annexing Texas?
500,000
50,000
1,000
1,000,000
How did the pioneers obtain land in the west?
Staking a claim & remaining on the land
Drawing a line around it
Buying it from the native Americans
Buying it from real estate agents
Name the trail that began in Independence, Missouri & ended in Astoria (near Portland, Oregon)?
The Oregon Trail
The Transcontinental Trail
The Trail of Tears
Santa Fe Trail
*Which one of these things was NOT true of Buffalo Bill? He was a…
U.S. Senator
Famous creator of the Wild West show
The most famous Pony Express rider
Buffalo hunter
True or False: Texas was never under the control of Mexico
False
In what year did California become a state?
1850
1861
1825
1880
Who was Sam Houston?
Leader in Texas Revolution & President of Republic of Texas
Brigadier General of Mexico & author of several books
Spy and soldier in the American Civil War
Senator and President of the United States