Westward Expansion

In 1775, I opened the Wilderness Road to Kentucky. I crossed the Appalachian Mountains and established Boonesborough Fort. Who am I?

• Zebulon Pike
• Daniel Boone
• Lewis and Clark
• Meriwether Lewis

I went exploring the Southwest two times.  I discovered, but did not climb a mountain peak in Colorado. Who am I?

• Zebulon Pike
• Lewis and Clark
• William Clark
• Daniel Boone

Our expedition mapped the territory from Missouri to Oregon Territory. We crossed the Rocky Mountains and reached the Pacific Ocean. Who are we?

• Zebulon Pike
• Thomas Jefferson
• Daniel Boone
• Lewis and Clark

This land was bought from France by Thomas Jefferson.  It doubled the size of the United States.

• Annexation of Texas
• Oregon Treaty
• Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

What was Thomas Jefferson’s idea of Manifest Destiny?

• We would all live in peace in the United States
  
• The United States would span from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
  
• Our country would become the strongest country in the World.
  
• Everyone would have food and water.

This land was purchased from Spain in 1819, for $5,000,000.  It was important for the United States to purchase this land because Seminole Indians were raiding settlements in the United States and runaway slaves were using the area for escape.  Which land acquisition is being described?

• Louisiana Purchase
• Annexation of Texas
• Florida Purchase
  
• Northwest Territory

This area was explored by Lewis and Clark, but was claimed by four different countries.  Eventually, a treaty was drafted to divide this land between Britain and the United States.  The 49 ° parallel from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains became the boundary line.  What land acquisition is being described?

• Louisiana Purchase
• Oregon Country
  
• Mexican Cession
  
• Annexation of Texas

This area was an independent republic for 9 years before becoming part of the United States.  It was finally under control of the United States and this angered Mexico.  The war lasted two years, but the United States took claim of this land.  Which land acquisition is being described?

• Annexation of Texas
• Louisiana Purchase
• Mexican Cession
  
• Florida Purchase

Between 1838 and 1839, the U.S. Army forced about 15,000 Cherokees to travel about 1,000 miles to Indian Territory.  Which event is being described?  

• Trail of Tears
• Santa Fe Trail
  
• Oregon Trail
  
• Seminole Wars

What were the three motives for moving West?  Why did we want to move?

• Bigger land, more food, more water
  
• Manifest Destiny, economic opportunity, and rich farmland
  
• The Oregon Trail was fun to travel.
  
• Trees, sugar, and rivers