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Westward Expansion

Authored by Erin Johnson

Geography

2nd Grade

CCSS covered

Used 15+ times

Westward Expansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A person who is among the first to explore or settle in a new area

Prospector

Interpreter

pioneer

Telegraph

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A device used in the 1800's to communicate to those who lived far away. It used Morse code.

Steam Locomotive

Telegraph

Pony Express

Homestead act

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This person was an interpreter on the Lewis & Clark expedition

Thomas Jefferson

Meriwether Lewis

William Clark

Sacagawea

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

to find new animals

to go on vacation

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

to have fun

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People who explore and area looking for minerals like gold are called?

Prospectors

Interpreters

Pioneers

Explorers

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The most popular route people traveled along to move west

The Transcontinental Railroad

The Louisiana Purchase

The Oregon Trail

The Mississippi River

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were prospectors during the gold rush called 49ers?

They found 49 pieces of gold

They were football fans

Many people moved to California to mine for gold in 1849

they were 49 years old

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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