Question

14. Because they were surrendered by Mexico, the states (all or part) of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming were known as the Mexican _____.

15. (Look at the map.) As the result of winning the Mexican-American War, the U.S. gained the territory that is in what three colors?

16. The area in green is known as the _____ Purchase.

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17. Settlers who wanted to settle in the Southwest would begin on the Oregon Trail, but then take the _____ Trail, an offshoot of the Oregon Trail.

18. The _____ Party was the group that became stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during winter. About half of them died.

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19. John Sutter hired James Marshall to build him a sawmill near the Sacramento/American River. This was important because . . .

20. The people flocking to California were known as the Forty-Niners because most of them . . .

21. Because some of the mining camps were like cities that sprang up overnight, they were known as _____.

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22. The _____ company got its start selling sturdy work pants to miners.

23. Many Chinese immigrants quit mining because of the _____ Tax.

24. In the year _____, California became the 31st state of the Union.

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Answer 1

14. Mexican Cession

15. The areas are the Texas annexation, the Mexican Cession, and the Gadsden Purchase. (If you need the exact color names from your map, please tell me the colors or upload the map.)

16. Gadsden Purchase

17. California Trail

18. Donner Party

19. Because Marshall’s work at Sutter’s sawmill led to the discovery of gold, which started the California Gold Rush.

20. Because most of them arrived in 1849.

21. Boomtowns

22. Levi Strauss (Levi’s)

23. The Foreign Miners’ Tax

24. 1850