Chapter 6 Lesson

helped widen the Cumberland Gap, allowing wagons and settlers to travel beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• Daniel Boone

• Lewis & Clark

• Wright Brothers

• Sacagawea

Congress built to make it easier for people to travel west. It started in Maryland and ended in Illinois.

• National Road

• Gold Rush

• Cumberland Gap Trail

• Chinese Exclusion Act

a person who moves from one country to settle in a different country

• Nation

• Immigrant

• Wagon Train

• Daniel Boone

the government passed a law that prevented immigrants from China from coming to the United States after the gold rush

• Gold Rush

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• National Road

• Asian Immigrants

explored land west of the Mississippi River

• Homestead

• Erie Canal

• Lewis & Clark

• Wright Brothers

What was the name of the Native American that helped Lewis and Clark?

• Tanto

• Sacagawea

• Sarah

• Madilin

What was the purpose of Lewis and Clark's journey west?

Who was the first President of the United States?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

What document declared the American colonies independent from British rule?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

Which event is known as the start of the American Revolution?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Massacre