Settlers Quiz

Question 1

What were the experiences of the first pioneer families in the 1840s when they travelled west?

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Question 2

Why did the Mormons go west?

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Question 3

How were the Mormons able to survive the journey and

be successful in Salt Lake Valley?

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Question 4

Why did people move west to become homesteaders in

the late 1860s and 1870s?

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Question 5

How did the homesteaders react to the many problems

facing them on the Plains?

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Question 6

What was life like for women on the homesteads?

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Question 7

How important were the railroad and the railroad companies in opening up the West?

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Question 8

Reasons why the first pioneer families moved west in

the 1840s, GO

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Question 9

Experiences of the first pioneer families

during the journey west, GO

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Question 10

Mormons: their origins, their

experiences in Salt Lake Valley, GO

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Question 11

The significance of Joseph

Smith and Brigham Young, GO

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Question 12

Impact of the railroad and

railroad companies, GO

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Question 13

Reasons for the continued settlement

of the West in the late 1860s and 1870s, GO

Answer 13

Homestead Acts
‘Manifest Destiny’
hopes and aspirations of the settlers

Question 14

Problems faced by

the homesteaders on their homesteads and their solutions, GO

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Question 15

The role of women on the homesteads, GO

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Question 16

Government, law and order (problems and attempted

solutions), GO

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