Western Expansion

Which ocean did Lewis and Clark reach on their expedition?

• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Arctic Ocean

Why did people travel together during the Oregon Trail?

• To save gas money
• for mutual protection

This women helped guide and translate for the Lewis & Clark expedition.

• Rosa Parks
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Sacagawea
• Martha Washington

Buying this land doubled the size of the United States.

• The Louisiana Purchase
• Alaska
• Nebraska-Kansas Territory
• Cuba

These are motivations for pioneers to move West: Cheaper living, land, gold, religious freedom, new opportunities

• True
• False

These are risks of travelers moving West: Severe weather, illness, accidents/damage to wagon, chance of not making a living in the West. 

• True 
• False

This president gave Lewis and Clark the specific instructions to map the land and find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.

• Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson
• John F. Kennedy
• George Washington

Manifest Destiny is America's belief that they had the God Given right to move West no matter who or what was in the way. 

• True 
• False

Blockhouse

• 2 story building built at each corner of early forts from which pioneers could fire shots at their attackers.
• A house made of blocks
• A 1 story house used for storage.

boomtown

• A town that makes loud noises.
• A town that sprang up near an important mining stake, rail center or cattle center.
• Towns built near the ocean
• Towns that last a long time.