AnswersMt Angel Vocabulary and Reading Questions

Applied English for American History I
Mt. Angel, Oregon

noun	adjective
Germany (country) the Germans (people)	Germanic
Switzerland (country) the Swiss (people)	Swiss
the "old world"	old world	Europe
"Oktoberfest"		a German word for a big fall festival in Munich, Germany and in Mt. Angel, Oregon
settlers		people who go to a new place to live; used for the first Europeans/whites who arrived in the western U.S.
Catholicism	Catholic	a Christian religion
monk	monastic	a man who is a member of a religious community
abbey		a place where monks live
monastery	monastic	the same as an abbey; a place where monks live
"father"		the title used by male Catholic monks and priests
Benedictines	Benedictine	a group or "order" of Catholic monks; named after an Italian named Benedict

Answers

1. When did the first European settlers arrive in the Mt. Angel area? in the 1850s

2. What were two things the first settlers liked about Mt. Angel?

a. it was beautiful ("picturesque" = like a picture)
b. the land was good for growing crops

3. What was the religion practiced by the early settlers (and most of the people who live in Mt. Angel today!)? Catholicism

4. What language did they speak? German

5. Who was the first real leader in the Mt. Angel area? What did he do that attracted more Germans to the area?

a. who Mathias Butsch
b. what Butsch paid for advertisements in newspapers in the "Midwest" (the center of the country) telling people they should come to Mt. Angel

6. What three things happened in the early 1800s that helped the small community survive?

a. the railroad came to Mt. Angel
b. Catholic families build a church
c. the Benedictine Monks started an abbey

7. How did the town get the name Mt. Angel? the leader of the Swiss monks asked the postmaster (head of the local post office) to change the name to Mt. Angel, which is the English name of the Swiss town (Engelberg) where the monks came from

8. Mt. Angel became and still is a center for agriculture and for what else? learning and culture (and the Oktoberfest!)