Exploring the West- Chap 9 Lesson 1

The name of the low place between the Appalachian Mountains that an old Native American trail went through.

• Cumberland Gap

• Boone Cap

• Wilderness Road

One of the best known pioneers to cross the Appalachians was ____.

• John Sevier

• Daniel Boone

• Wililam Clark

What state became the 15th state and the first state West of the Appalachians?

• Kentucky

• Ohio

• Tennessee

Thomas Jefferson was the _____ president.

• third

• first

• second

What is the name of the largest land purchase in US history that nearly doubled the size of the country?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Jefferson Purchase

• Napoleon Negotiation

What is the name of the dynamic duo that explored much of the Louisiana Purchase for Thomas Jefferson?

• Lewis and Clark

• Sevier and Boone

• Jefferson and Bonaparte

___ was the famous Shoshone wife that helped guide Lewis and Clark through the Shoshone Islands.

• Sacagawea

• Meriwether

• Pocahontas

Select two things Lewis and Clark accomplished in their expedition in the Louisiana Territory.

• drew many maps showing mountain passes and major rivers

• reached the Pacific Ocean

• captured the Shoshone Indian tribe

• never made it past the Rocky Mountains

Define popular sovereignty.

• the government gets its power from the people

• the government gets its power from the elected officials

• the government gets its power from the president

Only the state government can do which of the following?

• declare war

• print money

• set up public schools