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Based on the first paragraph of your source (first page), what was the purpose of the Wilderness Road?

• It is used for settlers to move west into Kentucky & other areas where Native Americans already lived. 

  
  

• It is used for settlers to move south into Colorado & other areas where Native Americans already lived. 

• It is used for settlers to move north from Kentucky & other areas where Native Americans already lived. 

• It is used for settlers to move east from Kentucky & other areas where Native Americans already lived. 

Based on the first paragraph of your source (first page),  what is 1 of the areas (aside from Southwest) that's still under the control of Spain & then Mexico until 1848?

• ARIZONA

• CALIFORNIA

• MEXICO

• LOUISIANA

1. Based on the second paragraph of your source (1st page), what were 2 good descriptions of the Great Plains? (Pick 2 statements!)

• It had bayous and marshes.

• It was flat, dry and treeless.

• It was rocky and dusty.

• It had a prairie or grassland.

1. Based on the third paragraph of your source (first page),  which material was used by the families of the Great Plains to build their houses?

• SAND

• GRANITE

• LIMESTONE

• SOD

1. Based on the last  paragraph of your source (first page),  how did the settlers living in the west get their water?
   

• Farms were far apart.

• Families might drill a well 40-60 feet deep.

• They were cool in the summer, warm in the winter & good shelter from the wild prairie weather. 

1. Based on the first paragraph of your source (second page), why did the Christian missionaries go to Oregon in the 1830s?

• They were unsure if their own land belonged to the Native Americans.

• They wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

• They wanted to travel to a new area. 

• They wanted to  build a settlement in Oregon. 

Based on the last paragraph of your source (third page), ALL OF THESE are reasons why people moved west, EXCEPT----

• Some wanted to change their middle names.

• Others wanted to make money.

• Some just wanted to get away from the crowds in the East & others moved for religious reasons.

• Some Americans believed it was their duty to push the nation’s borders westward.