La conquête de l'Ouest américain

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What is a rifle?

a lasso
a type of gun
a knife

Mauvaise réponse !

Because the cowboys were cow keepers, they had to protect themselves and their herd from wild animals.

When did the Gold Rush happen?

in the 19^thcentury
in the 20^th century
in the 18^th century

Mauvaise réponse !

The Gold Rush began on January 24^th 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. Approximately 300,000 people rushed to California from the rest of the United States and abroad to look for gold.

Which state was the center of attention?

Texas
Virginia
California

Mauvaise réponse !

The first gold nuggets were found in California, which was not a state yet. The sudden population increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood, in the Compromise of 1850.

Americans call the West of the US "the Far West".

Vrai
Faux

Mauvaise réponse !

American colonisation started from the East of the continent, so the West was still a wild and dangerous area for Americans. What French people call "Far West" is actually called "Wild West" by Americans.

The West was the safest place in America.

Vrai
Faux

Mauvaise réponse !

In the "Wild West", there were no law officers, no judges. Gold miners had to defend themselves, that’s why there were so many gunfights. There were drunk people, snakebites, a lot of various diseases and clashes with the Native Americans.

Who was Jesse James?

a bandit
a sheriff
a pioneer

Mauvaise réponse !

Jesse Woodson James (1847 – 1882) was an American bandit (= an outlaw). Jesse and his brother Frank robbed banks and trains across the Midwest, becoming famous and getting sympathy despite the brutality of their crimes.

Why is the term "Indian" inappropriate?

it's a type of food this people ate
it's a mistake made by Christopher Columbus
it refers to a language

Mauvaise réponse !

Christophe Colomb discovered America, he thought he’d just arrived in India. That's why he named the people "Indian". Now we use the word "Native" or "Native American" to describe these tribes.

What happened to the Natives when people rushed to the West?

The Natives went to the East.
They were massively killed.
They became guides and helped the Americans.

Mauvaise réponse !

The gold rush had important effects on Natives and accelerated the Native American population's decline because of disease, starvation and the California's genocide.

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