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Fun Facts!
100

This act by the British led to the War of 1812. 

What is: the restriction of trade by sea?
100

The purchase that doubled the size of the United States in 1803. 

What is: the Louisiana Purchase?

100
These guys are famous for exploring the Louisiana Purchase.

Who are: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?

100

This happens during voluntary trade.

What is: traders willingly agree on a trade where money may or may not be involved?

100

The nickname given to people who went to California to mine gold in 1849.

What is: forty-niners?

200

The major event that happened at the U.S. capitol during the War of 1812. 

What is: the burning of the U.S. Capitol?
200

The name of the river where the Lewis and Clark Expedition began?

What is: the Mississippi River?

200

This enslaved African American aided Lewis and Clark on their expedition by hunting for food.

Who is: York?

200

This was created to help settlers carry their belongings to the west. 

What is: a covered wagon?

200

The name of the Native American Chief who won against the Supreme Court that American Indian Relocation was illegal.

Who is: Chief John Ross?

300

The best name for the event where Native Americans were forced to leave their homes and move to reservations in the west. 

What is: the Trail of Tears?

300

A major barrier to Westward Expansion in the Northwest corner of the U.S.

What is: the Rocky Mountains?

300

This Native American Shoshone woman helped guide Lewis and Clark on their expedition, acting as an interpreter for the Native American tribes. 

Who is: Sacagawea?

300

This makes Westward Expansion of Opportunity Cost. 

What is: people left behind their lives and belongings in the east to pursue farming and mining careers without knowing what would happen.
300

This animal almost went extinct after the Trail of Tears.

What is: the American Buffalo?

400

This happened to Native American Indians that were forced to move to reservations. 

What is: their culture, traditions, language, and clothing were all made illegal. 

400
The name of the trail created to help settlers get to the new territory safely.

What is: the Oregon Trail?

400

The president who forced the Native Americans out of their homelands and onto reservations. 

Who is: Andrew Jackson?

400
This invention made it easier for people to communicate long distance after expanding to the west. 

What is: the Telegraph?

400

The name of the main Native American leader from the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Who is: Crazy Horse?

500
The reason that General Custer and the army attacked the Lakota, Cheyenne, and other Native Americans at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

What is: the Native Americans would not leave their land?

500
The main reason that many people decided to move west during the 1800s.

What is: finding new opportunities for farming and trade?

500

This man wrote the Star Spangled Banner from a warship, which later became the National Anthem.

Who is: Francis Scott Key?

500

Someone who made beaded necklaces better than they made pickaxes would do this to be more efficient. 

What is: specialize/specialization?

500

This was a bigger threat on the Oregon Trail than Native American Indians attacking settlers. 

What are: diseases (like Cholera)?
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