Westward Expansion Vocab 1 & 2

guide who was first to lead settlers beyond the Appalachians; cut a road west

• Meriwether Lewis

• Daniel Boone

• William Clark

• John Jacob Astor

a former army captain chosen by President Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition to explore the West

• Meriwether Lewis

• Daniel Boone

• William Clark

• John Jacob Astor

co-leader of the western expedition with Meriwether Lewis

• John C. Fremont

• Daniel Boone

• William Clark

• John Jacob Astor

an explorer of the West who reached the summit of the mountain now known as Pike’s Peak

• Zebulon Pike

• Daniel Boone

• John C. Fremont

• John Jacob Astor

led an expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1842 and wrote a report of his journey that became a guide for future travelers to the West

• Zebulon Pike

• Daniel Boone

• John C. Fremont

• John Jacob Astor

owner of the American Fur Company who founded the first important settlement in Oregon Country in 1811

• Zebulon Pike

• Daniel Boone

• John C. Fremont

• John Jacob Astor

Mormon leader who chose Utah as the group’s new home

• Mountain Men

• Daniel Boone

• Brigham Young

• John Jacob Astor

fur traders and trappers who traveled to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest in the early 1800s

• Mountain Men

• Mormons

• Sioux

• John Jacob Astor

a Shoshone who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition by naming plants and gathering edible fruits and vegetables for the group

• Sacagawea

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

• John Jacob Astor

the purchase of land from France for $15 million, which roughly doubled the size of the United States

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Sacagawea