Question 1

Who was the territorial governor of WA  during late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Isaac Stevens

Answer

Henry Ford

Answer

Mrs. Wittmann

Answer

Wayne Newton

Question 2

What is the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

A railroad system from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast

Answer

A railroad system from Mcdonalds to Safeway

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A railroad system from India to Beliz

Answer

A railroad system from WA to OR

Question 3

What is the definition of corporation?

Accepted Answer

A business owned by a group of people who own stock in the company.

Answer

A baby hippo

Answer

A business owned by Isaac Stevens

Question 4

What is a subsidy?

Accepted Answer

land from the governemnt

Answer

a  hamster wheel

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a city

Answer

a slow train

Question 5

What is bankrupt?

Accepted Answer

When you're unable to pay debts

Answer

alligator boots

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a small amount of money

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a really tall bank building

Question 6

What were the main jobs of the Kanaks?

Accepted Answer

fur trappers and boatmen

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washing clothes

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potato farmers

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grocers

Question 7

What is discrimination?

Accepted Answer

treating people unfairly because of race, age, religion or gender

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being mean

Answer

a blank look on my face

Question 8

What led  Irish immigrants to leave their homeland?

Accepted Answer

famine

Answer

good music stateside

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due to war and conflict

Question 9

Which company did Kanakas work for?

Accepted Answer

Hudson Bay Company

Answer

Hawaiian Trading Co.

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American Fur Trade Company

Question 10

What is menial work considered to be?

Accepted Answer

shameful and humiliating

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difficult

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powerful and prideful

Question 11

Why did Scandinavians come to the PNW?

Accepted Answer

geography reminded them of home

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promise of delicious pastries

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famine

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war and conflict

Question 12

What does it mean to emigrate?

Accepted Answer

to leave one's own country to settle in another

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to stay in the country you were born in

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a speed on a train

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to take a railroad to another city

Question 13

Where did German farmers establish small settlements?

Accepted Answer

Palouse and Big Bend regions

Answer

Pasco

Answer

Portland

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Nebraska

Question 14

How did some Italian immigrants help to build cities?

Accepted Answer

many were stonesman

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many brought building materials to the PNW

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many were architects

Question 15

What is a nativist?

Accepted Answer

white, Protestant Americans born in the US who did not like immigrants

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another word for immigrants

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someone who lives in a small community in the PNW

Question 16

What is a backlash?

Accepted Answer

a negative reaction

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a famous train during the mid 1800s

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a positive reaction

Question 17

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

Accepted Answer

stopped Chinese laborers from entering the country

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stopped Chinese laborers from getting jobs

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stopped Chinese laborers from buying houses

Question 18

What was the original intention of the Pledge of Allegiance?

Accepted Answer

to strengthen American (Nativists) values

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to sell American flags

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to tell everybody how great America is

Question 19

What is urbanization?

Accepted Answer

transformation of small communities to cities

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a railroad system through a city

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a small city

Question 20

When did Tacoma's population growth rate increase substantially?

Accepted Answer

during the 1800s

Answer

during 1743

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during the mid 1900s

Question 21

What was one major obstacle hindering Seattle from becoming a railroad terminal?

Accepted Answer

the Olympic mountain range

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too much salt water close to the city

Answer

the Cascade mountain range

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