Pioneers did not want to make the journey on the Oregon Trail during this season
What is winter?
100
This group of people were killed by new diseases and by attacks of the new settlers, who were also forcing them off of their land.
Who are the Native Americans?
100
Florida was purchased from this country.
What is Spain?
100
The growth of goods being made by machines factories, during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s is known as this.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
100
The settlers to California who came to mine gold were known as this.
What is a forty-niner?
200
Traveling in groups, settlers from the eastern United States made their way on the Oregon Trail to California by way of groups known as _____________ ___________.
What are wagon trains?
200
Many towns quickly developed in the west as a result of the gold rush.
What are boomtowns?
200
The United States pay $15 million dollars for the Louisiana Purchase to this country.
What is France?
200
This invention led to major, rapid advances in travel by boat and train.
What is the steam engine?
200
The belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
The Oregon Trail started in this city.
What is St. Louis, Missouri?
300
By the request of President Jefferson, this team explored the area of the Louisiana Purchase.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
300
The Louisiana Purchase added land that stretched from the Mississippi River to this land form in the west.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
300
Samuel Morse is well-known for his important invention in communication.
What is the telegraph?
300
When one piece of land is joined to another piece of land.
What is annexation?
400
Before 1848, the Oregon Territory was claimed by the United States and this country.
What is England?
400
All of the states of the great plains lie west of this major United States river.
What is the Mississippi River?
400
In this situation the United States almost doubled its size.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
During the Industrial Revolution many people became these, someone who uses machines to make goods
What is a manufacturer?
400
The Shoshone Indian woman who served as a translator for the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who is Sacajawea?
500
Pioneers made the dangerous journey along the Oregon Trail in the nineteenth century in search of this.
What is free land to farm?
500
The Battle of the Alamo in 1836 took place in which conflict.
What is the Texas War for Independence?
500
Texas fought for its independence from this country.
What is Mexico?
500
As the transcontinental railroad was being built, the most dangerous jobs were given to this minority group.
Who are the Chinese?
500
-mail service (news and letters)
-Missouri to California
-riders on horseback
-change of horses every 10 minutes
The list above describes the ____________.