Westward Expansion

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

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

Why did the United States need more land?

• To test new 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 their growing population

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

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

• It transported people and good 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

Lewis and Clark were the first to reach the ____________________ by land but not by a water route?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Hudson River

• Pacific Ocean

The most popular route people traveled along to move west was?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mississippi Expedition

• The Rocky Mountain Trail

What happened during the Gold Rush?

• People from 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