Definitions
Pioneer
The president who purchased the Louisiana Territory was President Jefferson
True
The ______ Mountains are found in the western United States
Rocky
Who marked a trail from Virginia to the area know as Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Frontier
The group that explored the Louisiana Territory built Fort Washington when they reached the ocean
False, Fort Clatsop
Shoshone guide and translator for the expedition to the Louisiana Territory
Sacagawea
William Clark
Who spent his life as a circuit-riding preacher to the Midwest
Peter Cartwright
The group chosen to explore the new territory of the United States
Corps of Discovery
The wilderness Daniel Boone explored and helped to settle was Texas
False, Kentucky
Explorer who became the general of the militia in the Louisiana Territory
William Clark
A rock formation named for Sacagawea's son is _______
Pompey's Pillar
Kentucky was purchased from what nation?
Cherokee
The trail that led pioneers from Virginia to Kentucky
Wilderness Road
The circuit riding preacher who helped bring about the Second Great Awakening was Abraham Lincoln
False, Peter Cartwright
Clark's nickname for Sacagawea's son
Pompey
In an election for Illinois Legislature, Peter Cartwright ran against _______
Abraham Lincoln
The men chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory were Meriwether Lewis and ________
William Clark
Altitude
When the group reached the West Coast, they saw the Atlantic Ocean for the first time
False, Pacific Ocean
The neighbor of Meriwether Lewis
For early explorers, the easiest way to travel was to follow _____ or streams
rivers
Boonesborough, the fort built at the end of the Wilderness Trail was named after who?
Daniel Boone