Timeline
Which of the following events happened first?
1) Lewis and Clark Expedition
2) California Gold Rush
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The American Revolution
OR
The Revolutionary War
Thomas Jefferson facilitated the purchase of the ____________________ from France in 1803.
Louisiana Territory
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 established this mountain range as the official western border of the 13 original British colonies
The Appalachian Mountains
Which of the following events happened first?
1) Lewis and Clark Expedition
2) Treaty of Paris
3) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Paris
The United States originally wanted control of New Orleans because it would have given them control over this major river
Which of the following events happened last?
1) Indian Removal Act of 1830
2) The United States acquires Florida
3) Mexican-American War
Mexican-American War
Settlers along the Oregon Trail would have eventually faced the difficult task of crossing this sprawling mountain range
The Rocky Mountains
To the nearest one thousand miles, how long was the Oregon Trail?
2,000 miles
(Actually 2,170 miles)
What about the Gadsden Territory's terrain made the United States want to acquire it?
Very flat; ideal for expanding the Transcontinental Railroad
Which of the "Five Civilized Tribes" would have needed to travel the farthest to reach Oklahoma during the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Possible Answers: Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole
Seminole (based out of Florida)