Louisiana Purchase
US bought the Louisiana Territory from:
France
Name one risk travelers might face on the Oregon Trail
disease, bad weather, injury, thieves, accidents, violence, starvation, dehydration
What clock system was created due to the Transcontinental Railroad
Standard time / time zones
What was the system of horseback messengers?
Pony Express
Leader of France at the time was:
Napoleon
Name one disease that travelers on the Oregon Trail suffered from.
Dysentery, typhoid, Cholera, measles, smallpox, diphtheria
Name one way the RR helped the US economy?
travel, shipping, businesses, new markets in the west, jobs
Which RR company started in California?
Central Pacific
President of the US at the time was:
Thomas Jefferson
In which city did the Oregon Trail begin
Independence, Missouri
In which city did the RR lines join together?
Promontory, UT
Which RR company started in Nebraska?
Union Pacific
The Louisiana Territory was west of what river?
Mississippi River
Bonus: What were covered wagons called on the Oregon Trail?
Prairie Schooners
What item completed the transcontinental railroad?
Golden Spike!
What 2 groups of immigrants were important to the railroad?
Chinese and Irish immigrants