General
Why did settlers move west? Think: FAR
*people traveled FAR for free land, adventure and escape, and rumors of gold!
The Louisiana Purchase was helpful to adding more trade routes, what was the fastest way to trade at the time?
by boat
how many hearts does an octopus have?
3!
In an effort to continue to move Westward across the United States, the US went to war with ????? over land.
Mexico
pioneers traveled to Oregon because the land was free or expensive?
free!
How did they travel?
Wagons!
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What were some effects of the Louisiana Purchase?
What is the human body’s largest organ?
skin
what year was the gold discovered?
1848
A four-person family needed about how many pounds of food to survive the trip?
1,000
What dangers did they face?
Lack of food, water, and shelter
Lack of protection from the weather (floods, storms)
Lack of medical care
who was the president during the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
What year did Netflix, previously a DVD rental business, introduce streaming services?
2007
who discovered the gold that started the california gold rush?
James Marshall
how long was the average journey by wagon?
The average journey by wagon took four to six months (at 15 miles a day).
what happened to Native Americans during the Westward Expansion?
Many Native Americans were unfairly driven from the lands that they’d lived on for many, many years because the U.S. government claimed it. They were forced to move to reservations.
To the East, the Louisiana territory touched the entire length of what river?
Mississippi River
How many bones do sharks have?
zero!
People from all over the world went to which state to look for gold?
California
Covered wagons or "Prairie Schooners" were often pulled by which two animals?
oxen and mules
Where did they go?
Most pioneers left their homes in the east and headed westward to the Great Plains.
(The Great Plains is a huge area of grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains).
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
A deal where the United States bought a large portion of land from France in 1803. This land, known as the Louisiana Territory, doubled the size of the US!
How many colors will you find in a regular bag of M&Ms?
6
what was the nickname for the people who came to California in 1849 to search for gold?
the forty-niners!
what was cholera?
a bacterial infection that could cause death through dehydration.