Gold Rush
It is the period when people from all over the world moved to California.
Thousands of people hoped to become rich.
What is the Gold Rush?
This is the reason the United States wanted more land
What is for making room for the 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
This is law allowed the United States to give away plots of land to settlers if the farmed the land for 5 years and paid $10
What is the Homestead Act?
The reason why the Pony Express was created
What is "as 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
This is the reason the prospectors were called the 49ers.
What is because so many people moved to California in 1849 to try and strike it rich?
This was the most popular route people travelled along to move west
What is the Oregon Trail?
This is the role or job William 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
These were the people who 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 this individual to join the expedition
Who is Sacagawea?
Cowboys were police officers
False