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?

• One hundred dollars

• 15 thousand dollars

• 15 million dollars

• No money was exchanged instead they traded gold for the land

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 out west

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 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

During the Westward Expansion the United States more than doubled in size.

• True

• False

The Louisiana Purchase was when the United States bought a huge piece of land from France in 1803

• True

• False

An unsettled or barely settled area in America where mostly Native Americans lived

• frontier

• homestead

• vaquero

• exoduster

The area of America from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The land was mostly flat and grasslands.

• Great Plains

• frontier

• homestead

• Sitting Bull

Land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native American tribes

• boomtown

• reservation

• frontier

• Great Plains