Westward Expansion

What was the name of the 2000 mile long trail to Oregon from Independence, Missouri?

• Santa Fe Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

What was the name of the fur trappers and traders who adopted Native American customs and cultures in the mountains?

• Mountain Men

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Pioneers

_______________ is a belief in the mid 1800's that the United States should expand to the west.

• Semper Tyranus

• Manifest Destiny

• American Progress

• Expansion to the East

How long would it take to get from Independence, Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail?

• Four to Five Months

• 31 Hours

• 5-7 Weeks

• Two Months

___________________ used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.

• Donner Party

• Forty-Niners

• Placer Miners

• Gold Rush

____________________________ was a path to Mexico that allowed people from the U.S. and Mexico to trade goods.

• Santa Fe Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Trail Of Tears

• Sierra Nevada

What trail forced Native Americans off of their land and on put them on Indian Territory in Oklahoma?

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Mormon Trail

_______________ means to search for gold.

• Prospect

• Mine

• Digging

• Fools Gold

What were Gold-seeking miners that moved to California in 1849 called?

• Placer Miners

• Forty-niners

• Prospect

• Donner Party

_______________ was a group of western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

• Donner Party

• Forty-niners

• Prospect

• Placer Miners