Social Studies Lesson 19

A heavy ______ was put on oxen that pulled wagons.

• boundary

• immigrants

• yoke

• pioneers

A __________ is a person who leaves their homeland to settle in a new country.

• missionary

• pioneer

• explorer

• immigrant

People from the East coast that traveled overland in wagons were called ___________.

• ranchos

• pioneers

• immigrants

• missionaries

A __________ is a person sent to try and persuade others to adopt a religion.

• missionary

• Native American

• pioneer

• explorer

Many wealthy Californians owned huge plots of land called _________.

• plantations

• acquisitions

• ranchos

• pioneers

Forty-niners traveled west for....

• religious freedom.

• free land

• gold.

• railroad jobs.

What was a miners claim?

• The land the miner worked.

• The tools they used.

• The gold they found.

• The food they ate.

Many Chinese immigrants found work helping to build

• the Oregon Trail.

• the transcontinental railroad.

• Salt Lake City.

• homes out west.

Some newcomers to the West learned skills to be cowboys from the

• missionaries

• Mormons

• Nez Perces

• Californios

What state was mainly colonized by the Mormons?

• Nevada

• Utah

• California

• Arizona