Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase meant people could move _______.
a) North
b) South
c) East
d) West
What is (d), West.
The woman who helped Lewis & Clark.
Who is Sacagawea?
9 x 8 =
What is 72?
Panda's middle name.
What is macaroni?
What are factories.
One reason Americans wanted to move west.
What is room to farm?
The direction Lewis & Clark headed.
What is west?
What is Springfield?
What were the people who went to California for the Gold Rush called?
(hint: it's a sports team!)
What are the 49ers?
The Louisiana Purchase ________ the size of the United States.
a) Doubled (2x)
b) Quadrupled (4x)
What is (a), doubled?
It was easier to travel by
a) land
b) water
What is (b), water.
The number of inches in a foot.
What are 12?
California became a state _____ the Gold Rush.
a) before
b) after
What is (b) after?
What are:
- Transportation (trains, barges)
- Factories
- Machinery (tractors, etc)
The president who made (bought) the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
(hint: The ____ of _____)
What is the Corps of Discovery?
What is 1776?
The people who typically made the most money in the Gold Rush.
Who are merchants and store owners?
The name of the machine that could clean cotton quickly.
What is the cotton gin?
The name of the city the Americans wanted permission to use, which led to the Louisiana Purchase.
What is New Orleans?
What Lewis & Clark were searching for (but doesn't exist)
What is the Northwest Passage - a waterway that connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
The part of the body a podiatrist works on.
What are feet?
The term for the towns whose population grows very quickly.
What are boomtowns?
Why interchangeable parts were used.
What is because they were the same size and shape, and could be mass produced?