Westward Expansion

In 1803, President Jefferson bought a huge piece of land west of the Mississippi River from France. How much did the United States pay for it?

• $100

• $15,000

• 15,000,000

• Traded for 150 pounds of gold

The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away ________________ to settlers.

• lumber to build houses

• plots of land

• seeds to grow crops

• wagons to travel west

Why did the United States need more land?

• To test farming methods out west.

• To gain control over the land to the west.

• To force the French to leave North America

• To make room for the growing population.

Why was the Pony Express created?

• It was a quick way to get mail delivered to the people living to the west.

• To find new routes for traveling westward.

• To provide new jobs for young men who were expert riders.

• To map out the area for future development.

How did the invention of the Steam locomotive change life for Americans living all around the nation?

• It transported people and goods across the nation much quicker than ever before.

• It paved the ways for the development of the first cars.

• It created jobs as workers were needed to lay tracks across the United States.

• All of the above

What was the main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

• To meet and trade with the Native Americans.

• To explore and map out the land west of the Mississippi River.

• To pan for gold in the rivers.

• To map out a trail through the Appalachian Mountains.

Lewis and Clark were the first to reach the ________________ by land

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Hudson River

• Pacific Ocean

The most popular route people travelled to the west was?

• Trail of Tears

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mississippi Expedition

• The Rocky Mountain Trail

What happened during the Gold Rush?

• People all over the world moved to California.

• Prospectors stayed in mining camps to explore an area and hunt for gold.

• Thousands of people panned for gold hoping to become rich.

• All of the above

The United States government forced many Native American tribes to relocate to different areas called Indian Reservations so that...

• white settlers could move on that land.

• they to turn the land into National Parks.

• they could build cabins as rest stops in the mountains.

• they could sell the land to Mexico.