Westward Expansion

In 1803, President Jefferson bought a huge piece of land west of the Mississippi River from France. How much did the United States pay for it?

• one hundred dollars

• 15 thousand dollars

• 15 million dollars

• no money was exchanged instead they traded gold for the land

The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away_________to settlers.

• lumber to build houses

• plots of land

• seeds to grow crops

• wagons to travel out west

Why did the United States need more land?

• to test new farming methods out west

• to gain control over the land to the west

• to force the French to leave North America

• to make room for their growing population

Why was the pony express created?

• It was a quick way to get mail delivered to the people living in the West

• to find new routes for traveling westward

• to provide new jobs for young men who were expert riders

• to map out the area for future development

How did the invention of the steam locomotive change life for Americans living all around the nation?

• it transported people and goods across the nation much quicker

• it paved the ways for the development of the first cars

• it created jobs as workers were needed to lay tracks across the United States

• All of the Above

What was the main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

• to meet and trade with the Native Americans

• to explore and map out the land west of the Mississippi River

• to pan for gold in the rivers

• to map out a trail through the Appalachian Mountains

Lewis and Clark were the first to reach the________by land.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Hudson River

• Pacific Ocean

The most popular route people travelled along to move west was?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mississippi Expedition

• The Rocky Mountain Trail

What happened during the Gold Rush?

• People from all over the world moved to California

• Prospectors stayed in mining camps to explore an area and hunt for gold

• Thousands of people panned for gold hoping to become rich

• All of the above

The United States government forced many Native American tribes to relocate to different areas called Indian Reservations so that...

• white settlers could move on that land

• they turn the land into National Parks

• they could build cabins as rest stops in the mountains

• they could sell the land Mexico