America the Story of Us

What issue became dominant in the United States very soon after independence?

• Westward Expansion

• Purchasing Puerto Rico

• Purchasing Canada

Which frontiersman braved the wilderness and helped to settle Kentucky?

• Daniel Boone

• James Marshall

• Thomas Jefferson

Which explorers traveled through the Louisiana Territory and eventually reached the Pacific Ocean?

• Lewis and Clark

• Jefferson and Napoleon

• Smith and Wesson

Which frontiersman made a fortune in the fur trade, but was nearly killed by a grizzly bear?

• Jedediah Smith

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams

Which hardship was NOT a common issue for the pioneers during America’s westward migration?

• Native American Attacks

• Suffering and Death

• Expensive

• Huge distances

Why is the Donner party famous?

• Cannibalism during hardship when caught in the snow.

• First family to find gold

• Served at the Alamo

Where was the Alamo?

• Texas

• Oregon

• Kentucky

What made California very valuable to the United States?

• Gold

• Fishing

• Diamonds

What group suffered along the Trail of Tears

• Native Americans

• Civil War Soldiers

• Frontiersmen

What revolution in transportation would MOST transform the nation in the decades before the Civil War?

• Steamboat

• Rafts

• Cars

• Train