Westward Expansion

What country did Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisianna Territory from?

• America

• Great Britain

• France

Lewis and Clark were sent west to ______.

• make maps

• go camping

• find gold

What was the long trail pioneers traveled west called?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Westward Trail

• The Oregon Trail

How long could it take to complete the Oregon Trail?

• up to 6 months

• many years

• a few days

Why were people traveling west?

• Free land

• It smelled bad

• The East was too crowded

Who invented the Steamboat?

• Samuel Morse

• Robert Fulton

• Robert Livingston

Samuel Morse invented the ____ .

• steamboat

• telephone

• telegraph

Which was a faster way to communicate?

• The Pony Express

• The telegraph

Which was a faster way to transport goods and people?

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• Steamboats

The Louisiana Purchase made America ________ in size.

• stay the same

• triple

• double