Geography/ Map
The river Lewis and Clark followed on their journey West.
What is the Missouri River?
The U.S. President at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
I am a missionary trying to spread my religious views. What kind of motive do I have? Political, social, or economic?
One challenge Lewis and Clark faced on their journey West.
What is...
Boils
Diarrhea
Harsh Weather Conditions
Rough terrain
Waterfalls
Etc.
The start of the Oregon Trail. (Please give City, State)
Where is Independence, Missouri?
The mountains in Western U.S. that many groups encountered.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
The year of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is 1803?
The 19th-century belief that the Westward Expansion was both justified and inevitable.
The Native American who was an important asset on Lewis and Clark's journey.
Who is Sacagawea?
The natural resource many people traveled to California for?
What is gold?
The year the Mexican Cession was acquired.
What is 1848?
The country that occupied Louisiana prior to the purchase.
What is France?
Three things or people heading West in John Gast's "American Progress."
What are...
Native Americans
Trains/ Industrialization
Farmers, coal miners, rich/ poor, pioneers, etc.
Lady Columbia
Wagons
Animals
Lewis and Clark traveled through which of the following states:
Maine, Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Kentucky
The major route people took when traveling West.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The ocean that borders California.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This leader sold Louisiana to the U.S.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The darkness in the painting "American Progress" by John Gast symbolizes what?
Who are William Clark and Meriwether Lewis?
One thing Lewis and Clark bought on their journey.
What is:
Dental tools
Medicine kit
Surveyor's compass
Journals
Books
Etc.
The river that was in French Territory before the U.S. bought Louisiana and was vital to international trade.
What is the Mississippi River?
The two reasons why the U.S. wanted the Louisiana Territory.
What are:
1. More farmland (since factories were taking over land in the east).
2. Access to the Mississippi River (for trade and transportation).
The person who claimed that democracy, individual freedom and progress were all values that the United States stood for in the 19th century.
One animal species Lewis and Clark encountered in the West.
What is...
The Nightingale
The Grizzly Bear
Prairie Dogs
Name four groups who also traveled West for various reasons.
Who is...
Mountain Men
Explorers
Mormons
Pioneer Women
Chinese
49ers
Californios
Missionaries