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AMERICAN WEST - EARLY SETTLERS QUIZ (GCSE History)

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  1. 1What were the pull and push factors for people going West 1830's - 1850'sImage for question 1
    1. ANew start
    2. BCheap, fertile land
    3. CPropaganda
    4. DGold rush
    5. EPoverty
    6. FDisease
    7. GPersecution
    8. HTaxation
    9. IOverpopulation
  2. 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.    Image for question 2
    1. AManifest Destiny
    2. Bgift from God
    3. Cuse
    4. Dpopulate
    5. Egovern
    6. Fsuperior
  3. 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.    Image for question 3
    1. AMountain Men
    2. Bbeavers
    3. Cmarry
    4. Dwomen
  4. 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]    Image for question 4
    1. Afirst farmers
    2. Bpoverty
    3. Cseveral months
    4. Dmanifest destiny
  5. 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].
    1. Amormons
    2. Bgold miners
  6. 6What problems with weather did they have to deal with travelling West?Image for question 6
    1. AExtreme heat
    2. Bsnow
    3. Cblizzards
    4. Dprairie fires
    5. ELack of water
    6. FHailstorms
    7. GExtreme cold
  7. 7Which of these were problems (other than weather) that they had travelling west?
    1. AConflict with Indians
    2. BRunning out of resources
    3. CDisease
    4. DStampedes
    5. EFighting and crime
    6. FMountain ranges
    7. GLoneliness and isolation
  8. 8The early settlers were from the [blank_start]1830's[blank_end] to the [blank_start]1850's[blank_end].
    1. A1830's
    2. B1840's
    3. C1820's
    4. D1800's
    5. E1850's
    6. F1860's
    7. G1880's
    8. H1840's
  9. 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]
    1. A1848
    2. B1849
    3. C1840
    4. D1847
    5. E1849
    6. F1850
    7. G1856
    8. H1853
    9. ISan Francisco
    10. JSan diego
    11. KLas Vegas
    12. LSeattle
    13. MColerado
  10. 10Who discovered gold on his land in 1848 in California which sparked the gold rush?
    1. AJames Marshall
    2. BDayton Wescott
    3. CJoseph Smith
    4. DJohn Illiff
    5. ERoss Emerson

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