Louisiana Purchase
This country sold the United States the land.
France
In the Army
This president was responsible for the Indian Removal Act.
Andrew Jackson
Many people risked life on the Oregon Trail because of a belief they had about America/Americans; this belief was known as what?
Manifest Destiny
The transcontinental railroad began in what state, and ended in what state?
Nebraska, California
This man was the president at the time the Louisiana Purchase was made.
Thomas Jefferson
This was the Native woman who helped Lewis and Clark successfully complete their mission.
Sacagawea
This was the year in which the Indian Removal Act was passed.
1830
What were three common hazards that the pioneers of the Oregon Trail faced along the way?
Disease, weather, accidents, Native American attacks, animal attacks, starvation.
1862
This was the year in which the Louisiana Purchase was made.
1803
What was Lewis's job BEFORE he led the expedition.
Thomas Jefferson's secretary/assistant
The Indian Removal Act forced all Natives that lived where to relocate to the West.
East of the Mississippi River.
The Oregon Trail was over ____________ miles long.
2000
The two companies that built the transcontinental railroad were called what?
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
This city was a main reason the United States wanted to Purchase the land.
New Orleans
The Corps of Discovery's mission started in this state.
Missouri
This was how many Cherokee died along the Trail of Tears.
The Oregon Trail began at Fort ________________ in Missouri.
Independence
In which state did the two companies join their tracks and complete the railroad?
Utah
This was the amount the United States paid for the land.
15 million dollars
Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea had a son that Clark nicknamed "pomp," but the boy's real name was what?
Jean-Babtiste Charbonneau.
The Trail of Tears began in what state, and ended where?
The Homestead Act was signed by which president, and in what year?
Abraham Lincoln, 1862
What were two of the reasons (we discussed in class) why the USA believed it needed a railroad that ran from ocean to ocean?
Trade (the economy)
Move troops (Civil War)
Complete the settlement of the West (Manifest Destiny)
The CA Gold Rush