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100
Many men left their families to become _____________ in California during the Gold Rush.
What are prospectors?
100
Who hired Lewis & Clark to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
100
True or False. After purchasing the Louisiana Territory, the U.S. sold it to France to pay for the Mexican War.
What is false?
100
True or False. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is true?
100
Letter B represents what?
What was the Louisiana Territory?
200
What word, used in our Kahoot, would best describe the relationship between the US Government and Native Americans?
What is strained?
200
Texas was originally owned by what country?
What is Mexico?
200
What was a delivery system that used horses and riders to deliver mail and communication quickly from east to west?
What is the Pony Express?
200
CAUSE: James Marshall, a carpenter in California, found gold in the American River. What is the EFFECT?
What is People rushed to California to find their fortune?
200
What letter represent the US before westward expansion?
What is A?
300
What was the belief that drove many people to expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean?
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
EFFECT: Many people packed up wagons and traveled west to begin a new life. What is the CAUSE?
What is The US wanted to expand its territory?
300
One reason Jefferson wanted to purchase the Louisiana Territory was that he believed there might be a _______ ________ leading to the west and the Pacific Ocean.
What is a water route?
300
Pioneers set out in their wagons to settle on the western ________________.
What is frontier?
300
What letter represents the land originally owned by Mexico?
What is D?
400
Thomas Jefferson hired Lewis and Clark to go on an _______________________ to explore the newly gained land, the Louisiana Purchase.
What is expedition?
400
One reason Jefferson wanted to purchase the Louisiana Territory was that he was afraid trade could be compromised, when this country closed a shipping port.
What is Spain?
400
EFFECT: Over 4,000 Native Americans died on the Trail of Tears. What is the CAUSE?
What is Native Americans were forced to move and treated poorly on their journey?
400
CAUSE: Over time, gold in boom towns became harder to find. What is the EFFECT? *
What is People abandoned these towns and they became ghost towns?
400
What country originally owned the land represented by letter E?
What is Spain?
500
How much money was the Louisiana Territory purchased for?
What is $15 million?
500
Which statement is TRUE about the Gold Rush?
A) There was so much gold found in California that it was easy for someone to quickly become rich.
B) The general store owners near the gold mines often became more rich than the prospectors themselves.
C) Boom towns were towns where the most gold was found.
D) There wasn't much interest in the Gold Rush.
What is B?
500
What was the Indian Removal Act?
What is a law that forced Native Americans to move from their homeland to land west of the Mississippi River?
500
What is the name of the territory represented by the letter C?
What was Oregon Country?
500
What was the name of the disease that killed people on the Oregon Trail who drank contaminated water?
What is cholera?