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AMERICAN WEST - EARLY SETTLERS QUIZ (GCSE History)
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1What were the pull and push factors for people going West 1830's - 1850's

- ANew start
- BCheap, fertile land
- CPropaganda
- DGold rush
- EPoverty
- FDisease
- GPersecution
- HTaxation
- IOverpopulation
2The whites believed in [blank_start]Manifest Destiny[blank_end] ; the belief that land was a [blank_start]gift from God[blank_end] and so it is humans duty to [blank_start]use[blank_end] it. Because of this, most of the population of whites thought they needed to [blank_start]populate[blank_end] and [blank_start]govern[blank_end] America.
They thought their ideas were [blank_start]superior[blank_end] to Native Americans.
- AManifest Destiny
- Bgift from God
- Cuse
- Dpopulate
- Egovern
- Fsuperior
3The 1830's - 1840's saw the arrival of [blank_start]Mountain Men[blank_end]. They travelled West to hunt [blank_start]beavers[blank_end] to get their fur. Once a year they would meet at rendez-vous to trade their goods.
As they'd be out on the plains all year, they'd [blank_start]marry[blank_end] Indian [blank_start]women[blank_end] so they could stay in their camps in the winter.
Their lives were lonely and in extreme weather.
- AMountain Men
- Bbeavers
- Cmarry
- Dwomen
4The 1840's saw the arrival of the [blank_start]first farmers[blank_end]. They went West to escape [blank_start]poverty[blank_end] in the East and a better lifestyle with cheap land.
The journeys were dangerous and could take [blank_start]several months[blank_end].
Strong believers in [blank_start]manifest destiny[blank_end]
- Afirst farmers
- Bpoverty
- Cseveral months
- Dmanifest destiny
5As well as Mountain men and first farmers, the early settlers also include the [blank_start]mormons[blank_end] and [blank_start]gold miners[blank_end].
- Amormons
- Bgold miners
6What problems with weather did they have to deal with travelling West?

- AExtreme heat
- Bsnow
- Cblizzards
- Dprairie fires
- ELack of water
- FHailstorms
- GExtreme cold
7Which of these were problems (other than weather) that they had travelling west?
- AConflict with Indians
- BRunning out of resources
- CDisease
- DStampedes
- EFighting and crime
- FMountain ranges
- GLoneliness and isolation
8The early settlers were from the [blank_start]1830's[blank_end] to the [blank_start]1850's[blank_end].
- A1830's
- B1840's
- C1820's
- D1800's
- E1850's
- F1860's
- G1880's
- H1840's
9The Gold Rush happened in [blank_start]1848[blank_end] - [blank_start]1849[blank_end] (the forty-niners) , in [blank_start]San Francisco[blank_end]
- A1848
- B1849
- C1840
- D1847
- E1849
- F1850
- G1856
- H1853
- ISan Francisco
- JSan diego
- KLas Vegas
- LSeattle
- MColerado
10Who discovered gold on his land in 1848 in California which sparked the gold rush?
- AJames Marshall
- BDayton Wescott
- CJoseph Smith
- DJohn Illiff
- ERoss Emerson
11The gold rush of 1848 - 1849 was sparked by [blank_start]James Marshall[blank_end] in California when he discovered gold on his land. The news travelled and soon tens-of-thousands of people were flooding into the West.
During 1848-1852 the population grew from 14000 to [blank_start]225000[blank_end] people.
Many of them lived in camps, which turned into [blank_start]mining towns[blank_end].
However, many of them came equipped for searching streams; '[blank_start]panning[blank_end]' , which became worn out and expensive mining took over. Because of this, they were forced to work for big mining companies to earn any money and survive. This meant hard labour in terrible conditions - not the dream life they'd wished for.- AJames Marshall
- B225000
- Cmining towns
- Dpanning
12What was a 'claim jumper'?
- AA criminal who'd steal other people claims during the gold rush
- BCon men who'd manipulate men into thinking their claim (gold) was worthless and then sell it on as their own
- CViolent thieves who came to the West as a result of the Gold Rush.
- DMiners who'd work for mining companies and secretly keep their findings to themselves
13The Gold Rush did mean that the [blank_start]Native Americans[blank_end] and [blank_start]Nature[blank_end] did suffer.
During the Gold Rush, the [blank_start]Native American[blank_end] population dropped from 150000 to just [blank_start]30000[blank_end] as a result of [blank_start]violent attacks[blank_end] from the whites, [blank_start]disease[blank_end] and [blank_start]epidemics[blank_end] and being driven off of their land by whites.
Miners would chop down [blank_start]forests[blank_end] for timber and [blank_start]chemicals[blank_end] released during mining polluted the environment.- ANative Americans
- BNature
- CNative American
- D30000
- Eviolent attacks
- Fdisease
- Gepidemics
- Hforests
- Ichemicals
14Why were people so crazed by the idea of gold and wealth in 1848?
The [blank_start]great economic depression[blank_end] of [blank_start]1837[blank_end]- Agreat economic depression
- B1837
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- More information is in the explanations for some questions, and there is a separate quiz for the Mormons.
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- Lauren Petrie
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