Chapter 11

Quiz for Document 11-3: Lansford Hastings, The Emigrant’s Guide to Oregon and California (1845)

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Question 1

In The Emigrant’s Guide to Oregon and California, Lansford Hastings characterizes life on the West Coast asA. free from the constraints of eastern society.
B. wild and dangerous.
C. innovative and democratic.
D. similar, in many ways, to the East.

Question 2

Why did Hastings most likely want to reassure potential U.S. settlers about relations with “the gentlemen of the Hudson Bay Company”?A. Britain was allied with the Native Americans.
B. The U.S. was at war with the Hudson Bay colony.
C. Oregon was disputed territory between the U.S. and Great Britain.
D. Russia was allied with Great Britain.

Question 3

Hastings characterizes the condition of the transportation infrastructure in Oregon’s Wallammette valley as beingA. as advanced as that of the Eastern states.
B. more advanced than the Eastern states.
C. underdeveloped but with excellent potential for the future.
D. unnecessary because of the extensive river transport system.

Question 4

Hastings warns potential settlers from the East to always treat which of the following Native American tribes as enemies never to be trusted?A. Bonarks
B. Black-feet
C. Nez Perce
D. Shoshone