The Louisiana Purchase
Native American Removal
Manifest Destiny
Trails and Travel
Frontier Life
100

In what year did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory from France?

1803

100

What year was the Indian Removal Act passed?

1830

100

What is Manifest Destiny?

The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across North America

100

What major trade route ran from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico?

The Santa Fe Trail

100

What was the main purpose of frontier forts in Kansas?

To protect settlers and trade routes

200

The Louisiana Purchase did what to the size of the United States?

It doubled it

200

What does “assimilation” mean?

To adopt or blend into another culture

200

Which U.S. president strongly supported Manifest Destiny and territorial expansion?

James K. Polk

200

What trail did settlers use to move to Oregon and California?

The Oregon-California Trail

200

Name one famous Kansas fort that protected travelers.

Fort Leavenworth, Fort Scott, or Fort Larned

300

Who led the Corps of Discovery expedition?

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

300

What is “eminent domain”?

The government’s right to take private land for public use

300

What does the word “prosperity” mean?

Economic success or wealth

300

What does it mean to “ration” supplies?

To divide supplies carefully so they last longer

300

What role did forts play in westward expansion?

They made settlement safer and helped enforce U.S. control

400

What did Stephen H. Long famously call the Great Plains?

“The Great American Desert”

400

What tragic event forced the Potawatomi to march from Indiana to Kansas in 1838?

The Potawatomi Trail of Death

400

How did Manifest Destiny affect Native Americans?

It led to loss of land and forced relocation

400

What was the Last Chance Store in Council Grove known for?

The final stop for supplies before crossing the plains

400

What is a “squatter”?

A person who settled on land without legal permission

500

What word means “giving permission or approval,” such as when Congress agreed to the Louisiana Purchase?

Consent

500

What are “reservations”?

Lands set aside for Native American tribes to live on

500

What does the phrase “divine right” mean in the context of Manifest Destiny?

Belief that expansion was God’s will

500

Who were the risk-taking businesspeople who traded along the Santa Fe Trail?

Entrepreneurs

500

What famous book series tells about life on the prairie during westward expansion?

Little House on the Prairie

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