11:1 A Growing Nation

What was the main thoroughfare for settlers heading west through the Appalachians?

• the Santa Fe Trail

• the Wilderness Road

• the Natchez Trace

• the Mississippi Road

Daniel Boone led a group of long hunters in building the Wilderness Road, a main road for settlers to travel where?

• through the Appalachians.

• over the Mississippi River

• down the Ohio River

• across the Rockies

When did the Lewis and Clark expedition begin its long journey into the Louisiana Territory?

• 1840

• 1806

• 1804

• 1842

Which economic activity brought the first Americans to the West?

• tree cutting

• fur trading

• tobacco farming

• gold mining

___________________and traders were among the first people to move west of the Rocky Mountains

• Silver miners

• Animal trappers

• Wheat farmers

• Tree cutters

Which trail’s northern branch led into the Willamette Valley?

• Santa Fe Trail

• Oregon Trail

• California Trail

• Old Spanish Trail

Settlers on the westward trails often traveled together in

• Steamships

• Boats

• wagon trains.

• Trains