Louisiana Purchase through the Erie Canal review

People moved west of the Appalachian Mountains because

• the area flooded

• the land was fertile

• the Native Americans kicked them out

• they were running away from the government

Why did France agree to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

• The land was useless

• The Indians were a threat

• They needed to pay for the war they were fighting in Europe

• Napoleon wanted to expand trade with the US

Who did President Jefferson choose to lead an expedition west?

• Meriwether Lewis

• Frederick Douglass

• Napolean Bonaparte

• Benjamin Banneker

I was a Shoshone Indian who joined the Corps of Discovery as an interpreter. Who am I?

• William Clark

• Thomas Jefferson

• Charbonneau

• Sacagawea

What is one thing that Lewis and Clark DID NOT do on their journey?

• keep diaries

• draw maps

• dig up plants and capture animals

• record contact with Native Americans

Stated that Native Americans had to leave their homes and move west of the Mississippi River to what was called Indian Territory

• The Indian Removal

• The Indian Slavery Act

• The Oklahoma Relocation Act

• The Cherokee Nation Act

The journey of the Native Americans west to Oklahoma has become known as

• The Trail of Agony

• The Trail of Tears

• The Trail of Woe

• The Trail of Bitterness

1793 invention that contributed to the growth of slavery

• the telegraph

• the plow

• the cotton gin

• the horse drawn carriage

I started an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator. Who am I?

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

• Eli Whitney

• William Lloyd Garrison

A well-known speaker, writer, and advocate in the abolitionist movement. He had been born into slavery, but was able to escape.

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Adams

• William Henry Harrison