Gold Rush
People from all over the world moved to California.
Thousands of people panned for gold hoping to become rich.
What is the Gold Rush?
The United States wanted more land
What is making room for growing population?
the main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
What is to explore and map out the land west of the Mississippi River?
During the Westward Expansion the United States more than doubled in size.
True
When the United States gave away plots of land to settlers.
What is the Homestead Act?
The Pony Express was created
What was a quick way to get mail delivered to the people living in the West?
Lewis and Clark were the first to reach here by land
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Oregon Trail started in Independence, Missouri and continued for almost 2,000 miles before ending in Florida
False
the prospectors were called the 49ers.
What is, So many people moved to California in 1849 to try and strike it rich?
The most popular route people travelled along to move west
What is the Oregon Trail?
Role Clark was assigned
What is the role of map-making?
The Louisiana Purchase was when the United States bought a huge piece of land from France in 1803.
True
People were living in the west before American's navigated there.
Who are Native Americans?
the idea that the United States had a right to expand and take over westward across North America
What is Manifest Destiny?
Lewis & Clark invited to join the expedition
Who is Sacagawea?
Cowboys were police officers
False