Lewis and Clark
How long was the Lewis and Clark expedition
2 years
What were pull factors to go to the West? Hint: 6 main things.
Gold rush, lush fertile land, cheaper land, more rights for blacks and woman, better relationships with the Indians, less disease.
What were some problems that they faced on the trails?
Looters, ditches, deep rivers, famine, disease, cart to heavy, animals died, death, and Indians.
What was the Dust bowl and how did it start?
The dust bowl was a time where great big winds of sand like dirt blowing everywhere in the south. It started because farmers practiced poor farming skills.
When did it start? When did it end?
1939-1945
Why and how did we get the Louisiana purchase?
Hint: involves french and new orleans
We wanted New Orleans because of the Mississippi river, a known trade route. The French sent a letter back saying they didn't want their land anymore so we got it all. (This helped the idea of manifest destiny)
How long did it take to get their?
4-6 months if their isn't much problems.
Who named Salt Lake City? Originally Great Salt Lake City.
Mormons.
How and when did the great depression start?
Stock market crashed in October of 1929
How many countries fought in ww2
30
Sacagawea was a pregnant Indian who went on the expedition with her husband Toussaint Charbonneau who went as an interpreter. He was French-Canadian. What else besides an interpreter did he do?
What was the fastest way to get rich in the west? Their is 2 here but their was more.
Some things include: Selling supplies to gold miners
selling coffee to the miners
Why was the gold rush bad also?
Native Americans were attacked and forced to leave their lands. It also caused environmental harm. Left many people in debt or homeless.
What were the affects of the Great depression?
Unemployment rose, a third of all banks failed, homelessness increased, and international trade collapsed by 67%
How did ww2 start?
Hitler invaded Poland from the east, which made France and Britain declare war on Germany.
Pompeys pillar is named after someone special to Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea, who was it?
Their child/son
1. What happened to immigrants and blacks that wanted to mine in California?
1: Had to pay higher taxes/for mining equipment, got sold land that was already mined, and had to work for white men if they didn't have anymore money left.
Who left for the West and why?
Mormons- Religious freedom
Farmers- better/cheaper land
Miners- gold/get rich quick schemes
Indians- wanted land of their own to get away from Americans.
What were the affects of the Dustbowl?
Farmers lost their homes, drought, crops were priced so low that you could barely make a living, and livestock died.
What are war crimes?
A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility.
Why did they go on the expedition?
To write about the animals, plants, people, weather, soil, and how hard it is to travel.
Push factors to leave the east?
Disease, over-population, manifest destiny, flooding, less freedom, at the time their was an economic depression, land was more expensive?
What did they do with the dead who had a disease?
The would dig a deep hole so wild animals don't smell it, and would trample over the grave to mask the scent of disease.
When did the Great Depression end
1939
Who where the Ghost Army in ww2 and how did they blow up Hitler's plans for a 1000 year Reich.
The Ghost Army was a tactical deception unit. They created a fake base with sounds, inflatable tanks, planes, and fake people. This fooled the Nazises and helped win world war 2