Westward Expansion Vocab Quiz

A pioneer who led a group of Mormons westward from Illinois and settled near the Great Salt Lake near Utah.

• Meriwether Lewis

• Brigham Young

• Napoleon

• Sacagawea

Raising and moving herds of animals on large areas of land.

• cattle ranching

• Westward Expansion

• Louisiana purchase

• Manifest Destiny

To increase in size.

• expand

• get bigger

• large

• big back

A journalist who introduced the "Manifest Destiny" phrase in a 1845 newspaper article.

• Napoleon

• Sacagewea

• John O' Sullivan

• Thomas Jefferson

A large area of land that was purchased by the U.S. from France in 1803; doubled the size of the U.S.

• Westward Expansion

• cattle ranching

• Thomas Jefferson

• Louisiana Purchase

An idea where Americans believed the U.S. had a duty to stretch westward and spread ideas and beliefs across the continent.

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

• Brigham Young

• Louisiana Purchase

A U.S. Explorer who led the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804 to 1806. He helped bring back information about the territory between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.

• Napoleon

• William Clark

• Meriwether Lewis

• Thomas Jefferson

The emperor of France from 1804 to 1814 and one of the most successful military leaders of all time.

• Napoleon

• Meriwether Lewis

• Thomas Jefferson

• Sacagawea

A member of the Shoshone tribe who helped Lewis and Clark explore parts of the western U.S. from 1804 to 1806.

• Meriwether Lewis

• Sacagawea

• John O' Sullivan

• Napoleon

Third President of the U.S. and main author of the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Napoleon

• Sacagawea

• Meriwether Lewis