Exploring the West and The Celestial Railrod

The Wild West was a time of

• Thomas Jefferson

• Donald Trump

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

The Lands west of this river were considered the western territories

• Nile

• Rio Grande

• Mississippi

• Colorado River

What time period marks the time of the Wild West

• 1700's

• 1800's

• 1600's

• 1900's

What ocean is on the western coast of the United States

• Gulf of Mexico

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Great Lakes

What ocean is on the Eastern coast of the United States

• Gulf of Mexico

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Great Lakes

People did not go west because of

• Gold

• Glory

• God

• safer place to live

In the story a Gold Rush happened here

• Nevada

• Texas

• California

• Washington

Where did the trail west begin?

• Independence, Missouri

• Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Sundance,Ohio

Why did President Jefferson need a map of the west

• so he could make purchase from Napolean Bonaparte

• So he could consider moving the capitol west

• The land had not been explored by European Americans

• So he could sale the land to France

How did Sacagawea help Lewis and Clark

• she translated for them

• she kept detailed journals of animal life

• she cooked and cleaned for them

• she really didn't help at all