Exploring America's Westward Expansion

Who was Daniel Boone?

• A famous gold miner

• An American folk hero, pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman

• A Native American chief

• A railroad engineer

What does the term "frontier" refer to?

• A type of wagon used by pioneers

• The extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness

• A gold mining technique

• A Native American reservation

What was the Gold Rush?

• A race to claim land in the West

• A rapid movement of migrants to California starting in 1848 after gold was found

• A famous battle between pioneers and Native Americans

• A type of train used in the 1800s

What is a land rush?

• A type of fast-moving river

• When lands were opened to sale and people would race to claim a plot

• A method of farming used by pioneers

• A type of horse used by the Pony Express

Who were Lewis and Clark?

• Famous gold miners

• Explorers dispatched by Thomas Jefferson to map and explore the uncharted West

• Railroad engineers

• Leaders of the Pony Express

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

• A famous battle in the West

• Purchase of a large expanse of land by the US from France in 1803

• A type of wagon used by pioneers

• A Native American treaty

What does "Manifest Destiny" mean?

• A type of wagon used by pioneers

• A belief that the expansion of the US across the American continent was inevitable

• A famous gold mining technique

• A type of train used in the 1800s

What was the Northwest Territory?

• A famous gold mining area

• A historical region of the US that extended from the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Great Lakes

• A type of wagon used by pioneers

• A Native American reservation

What was the Oregon Trail?

• A famous railroad line

• A wagon trail that stretched from the Missouri River to the Far West

• A type of horse used by the Pony Express

• A Native American treaty

Who were the pioneers?

• The first people to explore and settle the West

• Famous gold miners

• Railroad engineers

• Leaders of the Pony Express