Westward Expansion Part 2

Why was the Louisiana Purchase an important event?

• It doubled the size of the country
• It was given to us by the Spanish
• It tripled the size of the country
• Lewis and Clark discovered it

President Jefferson hired Lewis and Clark to...

• explore land from the Appalachian Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
• Gather information about plants and animals and climates of the west
• Study American Indian Cultures
• All of the above

Daniel Boone

• led a group across the Appalachian Mountains
• Fought for African American's rights
• Explored the Missouri River
• Found a water route to the Pacific

Miners who went to California in search of gold were known as...

• War Hawks
• Forty - eighters
• pioneers
• Forty-niners

Canals were important in the 1800s because they decreased the cost of shipping goods.

• True
• False

A _____________ was a place where the population grows very quickly.

• wagon train
• boomtown
• Underground Railroad
• building full of dynamite

Who controlled the land known as Louisiana before Jefferson bought it?

• Great Britain
• France
• Spain
• Mexico

Making many products at once is called...

• The Industrial Revolution
• Productivity
• Mass production
• impossible

How did the Lewis and Clark expedition help further pioneers? 

• They brought back gold, silver, and many spices
• They brought back maps showing the major rivers, mountains, and important passes through the Rocky Mountains.
• They made maps of Texas and New Mexico. 
•  They told many stories of buffalo and Native Americans

What year did the most miners rush to California?

• 1848
• 1849
• 1852
• 1853