Mod 11

in what year did the Louisiana Purchase occur

• 1801

• 1802

• 1803

• 1804

why was the Louisiana Purchase so important to the United States

• it extended US borders beyond the Pacific

• it roughly doubled the size of the US

• it acquired ports for new European trading partners

• it nearly tripled the size of the country

which trail did the majority of settlers take west

• Mormon Trail

• Bozeman Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Oregon Trail

which trail was taken for "religious freedom"

• Bozeman Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

which trail was primarily taken for trade

• Bozeman Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Mormon Trail

backing paper money with silver was a goal of

• National Grange

• Free Silver Movement

• Populist Party

which group had the goal of the federal regulation of railroad rates

• National Grange

• Free Silver Movement

• Populist Party

Government ownership of telegraphs, telephones, and

railroads was a goal of the

• National Grange

• Free Silver Movement

• Populist Party

Groups who settled on the Great Plains during the late 1800s

were Germans and Exodusters as well as

• Russians and Scandinavians

• Scandinavians and French

• French and Russians

• Russians and Spanish

which of these laws helped promote western

settlement following the Civil War

• Interstate Commerce

  Act

• Sherman Silver Purchase Act

• Homestead Act

• Dawes General Allotment Act