Westward Expansion Review

The United States purchased land from France in ________. This was called the ________________ and more than doubled the size of the US.

• 1905, Louisiana Purchase

• 1803, Louisiana Purchase

• 1803, Oregon Trail

Expansion means

• to shrink or become smaller

• to change into something different

• to become larger, increase, or expand

• to go on a journey

How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Purchase?

(a)  

A person who translates speech for two people who speak different languages is called a ______________.

• prospector

• pioneer

• conductor

• interpreter

The _______________made traveling out west much _________.

• telegraph, faster

• Transcontinental Railroad, quicker

What caused over 300,000 people to travel to California between the years 1848 and 1855?

(a)  

Check off the dangers pioneers faced on their journey out west.

• disease

• not enough food

• wagon wheel injuries

• elephant attacks

• river crossing drownings

The goal of the Louis and Clark Expedition was to

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

• pan for gold in the rivers

• find the best route through the Appalachian Mountains.

The (a)   was created to get mail delivered quickly to the people living out west

A _______________is someone who looks for gold. A pioneer is someone who is the first to ____________________.

• pioneer, visit a city

• interpreter, buy new technology

• prospector, settle a new area