Which means of delivering mail went out of business in 1861 after the completion of the transcontinental telegraph?
Question 13 options:
stagecoaches
Pony Express
clipper ships
U.S. Postal Service
2.Who became wealthy by producing sturdy, denim pants for thousands of California gold prospectors?
Question 14 options:
Leland Stanford
Samuel Morse
Levi Strauss
John Frémont
3.Which does not explain why people went west during the mid-1800s?
Question 15 options:
They wanted to homestead on free government land.
They were looking for better economic opportunities.
They hoped to strike it rich in the California gold fields.
They dreamed of starting a new nation west of the Rockies.
4.Which answer correctly lists the sequence of events in Texas history?
1. Texas rebels are wiped out by Mexican forces at the Alamo.
2. Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna and becomes president of the Republic of Texas.
3. Stephen Austin leads white American settlers into Texas.
4. Texas is admitted to the Union as a slave state.
5.Which answer correctly lists the sequence of events in Texas history?
1. Texas rebels are wiped out by Mexican forces at the Alamo.
2. Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna and becomes president of the Republic of Texas.
3. Stephen Austin leads white American settlers into Texas.
4. Texas is admitted to the Union as a slave state.
Question 16 options:
2, 4, 3, 1
4, 3, 1, 2
3, 1, 2, 4
1, 2, 4, 3