The United States in 1815

In the early 1800s, American Indians saw waves of pioneers traveling across the land.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the United States

• TRUE

• FALSE

Shawnee Indian chief Sequoyah talked other American Indian tribes into joining forces to stop the settlers from pushing them off their land.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The U.S. government never said it wanted to respect American Indians.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored these lands: from the city of New Orleans to Canada, and from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

• TRUE

• FALSE

By 1805, many __________ thought they were destined to take over western lands.

• Americans

• Europeans

• Indians

One way for early settlers to go west was through the ____________________.

• Gap

• Cucumber Gap

• Cumberland Gap

________________________ was hired to build the Wilderness Road.

• Daniel Ratcliffe

• Dan Marino

• Daniel Boone

Early immigrants in the U.S. included many groups from Britain and other parts of _____________.

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

_________________________ came to the new republic in the early 1800s.

• Pilgrims

• German farmers

• Black slaves