Western Expansion Vocabulary Test

Location of the US national government

• Arlington Virginia

• Washington D.C.

• Atlanta GA

Home and workplace of US presidents

• Senate

• Pentagon

• White House

2 year war between America and Great Britain ending in a draw but showed the US strength

• War of 1812

• War of 1814

• French and Indian War

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

• General George Custer

• Andrew Jackson

• Frances Scott Key

Pathway many people took to move out West from the East USA

• Oregon Trail

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Indian Removal Act

Describes the hardships of 5 Native Americans tribes endured while being relocated to Indian Territory

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Gold Rush

• Trail of Tears

Land set aside for Native Americans to live after being removed from their homeland

• physical barrier

• reservations

• Oregon Trail

A physical barrier is something that makes it difficult for people to move to different areas. An example is The Great Rocky Mountains

• True

• False

Land in central United States purchased from France in 1803

• Oregon

• Louisiana Territory

• California

President who made the Louisiana Purchase and sent the Lewis and Clark expedition

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• George Custer