Routes to the West

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory by President Jefferson in 1803 led to the the settlement of lands west of the which river?

• Susquehanna

• Mississippi

• Missouri

• Rio Grande

Along with Lewis and Clark, this man explored the Louisiana Territory and other parts of the west.

• Zeb Pike

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

The people who learned the most about the west were traders and ........

• missionaries

• teachers

• fur trappers

• politicians

In 1821, fur trappers followed the Santa Fe Trail. Today that trail is in the USA. Back then it was in this country.

• Canada

• Spain

• Russia

• Mexico

The Old Spanish Trail went west from Santa Fe to this California town.

• San Francisco

• Sacramento

• Los Angeles

• San Diego

Fur trappers were also called...

• mountain men

• pioneers

• mountain climbers

• discoverymen

Jim Bridger and Jed Smith discovered the ....

• South Pass

• Rocky Mountains

• Santa Fe Trail

• Great Salt Lake

Settlers travelling west used the trails established by......

• mountain men

• Mexican troops

• Lewis and Clark

• Canadian explorers

The first state formed west of the Mississippi River was...

• Iowa

• Mississippi

• Louisiana

• California

In the 1820s, Stephen Austin led hundreds of families into Texas, then owned by .....

• Mexico

• USA

• Spain

• Canada