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The guide who first lead settlers beyond the Appalachians, cut a road west
Daniel Boone
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The purchase of Louisiana from the French for $15 million which doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
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In 1775 Daniel Boone led a group that cut a road west through the Cumberland Gap in Kentucky. Thousands of Americans moved to the area between the Appalachians and the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to move products east. New Orleans was an essential port for river trade.
Why was the Mississippi River important ?
The Mississippi River was important because it was used to move products to the east.
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Mant Americans began to move to Oregon Country. Most of them followed tthe trail that later became known as the Oregon Trail. It was common for families to band together and undertake the perilous six-month journey in wagon trains.
What do you think perilous means?
a. dangerous b. long
c. long and dangerous d. easy
c. long and dangerous
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Daniel Boone
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An explorer of the West who reached the summit of the mountains now known as Pike's Peak
Zebulon Pike
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A long journey to explore the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Expedition
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In 1802 Spain shut American shipping out of New Orleans. Then they traded Louisiana to France. President Thomas Jefferson sent ambassadors to France. When the ambassadors tried to but New Orleans, France offered to sell the entire territory of Louisiana. The United States bought the western territory for $15 million in the Louisiana Purchase.
Why did Thomas Jefferson send ambassadors to France?
Thomas Jefferson sent ambassadors to France to buy New Orleans in order to secure their shipping route.
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One large group of settlers traveled to the West in search of religious freedom. They were known as Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thousands of Mormons took the Mormon Trail. They travelled to an area near Great Salt Lake in what is now Utah. Brigham Young, Their leader chose this site.
What Group traveled West in search of religious freedom?
The group that traveled west in search of religious freedom were the mormons.
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Louisiana Purchase
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co-leader of the western expedition
William Clark
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The main route from the Mississippi River to the West Coast in the early 1800's.
Oregon Trail
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Lewis and Clark and their crew traveled up the Missouri River. They saw Native Americans, and Lewis used interpreters to tell their leaders that the United States now owned the land on which they lived. Sacagawea and her husband aided Lewis and Clark. Lewis and Clark did not find a river route to the Pacific, but they learned a lot about the western land.
What message did Lewis and Clark give to the Native Americans?
The message they gave was that the land on which they live now belonged to the United States.
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Name 3 trails used to travel west for triple the points.
The Oregon Trail
The Santa Fe Trail and
The Mormon Trail
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William Clark
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A Shoshone who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition by naming plants and gathering edible fruits and vegetables for the group. 
Sacagawea
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The route from Independence Missouri, to Santa Fe New Mexico
Santa Fe Trail
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In 1806 Zebulon Pike was sent to locate the Red River. The Red River was the Louisiana Territory's border with New Spain. In present-day Colorado He reached the summit of Pike's Peak. Pike gave many American's their first information about the Southwest.
Where is Pie's Peak located?
a. on a mountain b. in Colorado
c. In Spain d. France
In Colorado
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Tell me 3 things you know, remember or learned about the Wester Expansion...
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Zebulon Pike
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Mormon leader who chose Utah as the groups new home.
Brigham Young
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Members of a religious group, formerly known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who moved west during the 1830's -1840's
Mormons
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Another explorer, John C. Frémont, led an expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1842. He wrote a report of the journey that became a guide for future travelers. The information he gave made more settlers eager to move west.
What was the result of John C. Frėmont's report on his journey west?
His report made other settlers more eager to move west.
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If you were living in the 1800's during the western expansion, would you like it if your family decided to move west? Why or why not? Explain.
Make it make sense. It also must contain details that show understanding of the time and the journey. 
Answers may vary. Didi it contain details and demonstrate understanding of the journey
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