Westward Expansion

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

• Prospector

• Interpreter

• pioneer

• Telegraph

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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

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This person was an interpreter on the Lewis & Clark expedition

• Thomas Jefferson

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

• Sacagawea

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CCSS.RL.8.9

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

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

• Prospectors

• Interpreters

• Pioneers

• Explorers

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The most popular route people traveled along to move west

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mississippi River

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

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Thomas Jefferson (There may be more then one answer)

• Was the 3rd president of the United States

• Purchased the Louisiana Territory from France

• found gold in Sutter's Creek

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The Pony Express ended because

• The telegraph was invented

• nobody liked it

• horses were extinct

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What was the Homestead Act?

• The US gave away land to settlers for free

• People could build houses anywhere they wanted

• The government built you a house

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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CCSS.RI.K.5