These were people who moved out West to look for gold.
Forty-Niners
100
Name to ways pioneers would cross a river while traveling west
Ford the river
Caulk the and float
Take a ferry
100
Name one country railroad workers came from
China, Ireland, and US
100
What are two reasons people decided to move west?
Land, gold, religious freedom
100
Who were the first people to live in the USA?
Native Americans
200
She was a young Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark speak with the tribes they found in the new territories.
Sacagawea
200
Name two ways pioneers would get food while traveling west.
Hunting, trading, buying food at forts, picking berries
200
How did the railroad benefit pioneers?
They could travel across the country much faster.
200
Explain Manifest Destiny
People thought it was their god given right to take in the west. They also thought it was their responsibility to teach the Native Americans to live like them.
200
Where did most Native Americans get moved because of the Indian Removal Act?
Oklahoma
300
He was the President of the United States and doubled the size of the existing US by making the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
300
Why would pioneers put the wagons in a circle at night?
For protection
300
What were the two companies that built the railroad?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
300
What might geographical features would be important when picking a place to settle?