Westward Expansion

Why did President Thomas Jefferson send Lewis and Clark to  explore the route shown on the map?

• To spy on British and French soldiers posted in the West
• To look for good places to mine gold in California
• To find fertile lands for Indian reservations
• To get information about lands so settlers could move    there

How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

• It limited trade within the original colonies.
• It increased the size of the nation.
• It stopped western settlements.
• It raised taxes on goods made locally.

How far west did the Lewis and Clark expedition travel?

• to the foothills of the Rocky Mountai
• across the Rocky Mountains
• to the Pacific Ocean
• to the Atlantic Ocean

Which group of Americans followed the "Trail of Tears" when they were forced to leave their homes?

• Japanese Americans
• Irish Americans
• Cherokee Indians
• Mormons

What was the “Trail of Tears?”

• It was the Cherokee’s 800-mile journey to Indian Territory.
• It was the journey of the Seminole people from Florida to New Orleans
• It was a migration of the Chickasaw people from Alabama to Indian Territory.
• It was the Cherokee’s traditional land

I am the railroad that connects the East Coast and the West Coast of the United States. What am I?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• the Pony Express

• covered wagons

• the Oregon Trail

What problems did westward expansion cause for Native Americans?

• They had no food.

• They were cold.

• They had to relocate and leave their homes.

The forced march of the Cherokee from their homes to what was called "Indian Territory" by the U.S. government is known as the...

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears

The Pony Express was ended by the invention of the:

• email

• telegraph

• car

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine