Vocab
Conestoga wagons
Sturdy vehicles topped with white canvas.
Americans moved over the _____ Mountains into Kentucky.
What is Appalachian
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory for ____ dollars.
What is $15 million
What was ironic about Lewis and Clark getting ambushed by the Native American tribe?
The tribe leader was actually Sacagawea‘s long lost brother.
Sacagawea
joined their group as a guide.
In 1800, land west of the Mississippi belonged to _____.
What is Spain
After 18 months, the expedition reached the ____.
What is Pacific Ocean
What body of water was Jefferson determined to reach?
The Pacific
Zebulon Pike
Led led two expeditions between 1805 &,1807 traveling through the upper Mississippi River valley and into the region that is now the state of Colorado
Jefferson decided the government’s _____ powers allowed the purchase.
What is treaty-making
The expedition left from ____ and worked its way up the Missouri River.
What is St. Louis
How tall were the Rocky Mountain?
14,000 ft
William Clark
32, a friend of Lewis from Military service. Both were acknowledged as amateur scientists.
____ and ____ were chosen to lead the expedition.
Who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
____ called Aaron Burr ”a dangerous man.”
Who is Alexander Hamilton
What was the significance of Lewis and Clark building a fort in the Oregon territory?
It claimed the territory for the united states
Louisiana Territory
belonged to Spain
Many ____ opposed the Louisiana Purchase because they felt it would reduce their political power.
What is Federalists
At first France refused, but a revolt in ____ ended Napoleon‘s hopes of creating an American empire and agreed to sell the entire territory.
What is Santo Domingo
How many species did Lewis and Clark help identify on their expedition?
300