Lewis & Clark
This president sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This trail stretched over 2,000 miles from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Trail?
Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in this state.
What is California?
This forced journey moved thousands of Native Americans from their homelands in the Southeast to present-day Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This belief held that Americans were destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Families packed their belongings into these covered vehicles before heading west.
What are covered wagons?
The nickname for people who rushed to California in 1849.
Who are the Forty-Niners?
This Native American tribe, featured in the episode, was forced from its ancestral homeland during the Trail of Tears.
Who are the Cherokee?
The chance to own cheap or free land was a major ______ factor that attracted settlers west.
What is a pull factor?
This Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark as a guide and interpreter.
Who is Sacagawea?
This mountain pass helped settlers move west through the Appalachians.
What is the Cumberland Gap?
This precious metal was discovered that encouraged people to move west.
What is gold?
This tribe of the Great Plains was featured in the episode for its skill with horses and influence in the West.
Who are the Crow?
Limited opportunities, crowded cities, and a lack of land in the East were examples of these factors that encouraged people to leave.
What are push factors?
Lewis and Clark followed this major river westward.
What is the Missouri River?
This future president's mother died from this disease.
What is Milk sickness?
This businessman made a fortune during the Gold Rush by selling sturdy denim pants to miners.
Who is Levi Strauss?
According to the episode, westward expansion led many Native Americans to lose this.
What is their land (or homeland)?
According to the episode, Americans settled the west in ___ generations.
What is 4 generations?
Lewis and Clark's mission was to find a water route to this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Travelers often crossed these dangerous mountain ranges on their journey west.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
Instead of finding gold, many people made money by selling these goods and services to miners.
What are supplies (food, tools, clothing, and equipment)?
Tecumseh (Native American leader worked to unite tribes against U.S. expansion into Native lands) was a member of this Native American tribe.
Who are the Shawnee?
Approximately how many acres could settlers claim under the Homestead Act?
What is 160 acres?