Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
Oregon Trail
United States Growth
Important Events
100
The president that purchased the land.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to his person asking him to explore the new land.
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
100
The people on the Oregon Trail traveled by what
What is a wagon?
100

How much bigger did the Louisiana Purchase make the United States?

What is double the size?

100
The name givento the removal of Cherokees from their homelands to what is now Oklahoma.
What is Trail of Tears?
200
The land was purchased from this country
What is France?
200
Lewis and Clark travled mainly on what river.
What is Missouri River?
200

Name the reason people were traveling the trail

What is  more land or better opportunity?

200

What transportation invention helped bring U.S states closer together?

What is the railroad?

200
The 1820 ruling that admitted Missouri as a slave state.
What is Missouri Compromise?
300
The amount of money the land was purchased for.
What is 15 million dollars?
300

Explain the reason for taking the journey.

To explore new lands

300
Name three hardships the poeple faced while travleing
What is disease, weather, rivers, mountains, accidents, and Indians?
300

This event caused many people to move to California.

What is the Gold Rush?

300

This is the year that Texas was finally admitted as a state in the United States.

What is 1845?

400
The year the land was purchased
What is 1803?
400

She is the Native American Woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their journey.

Who is Sacagawea

400

What happened to Native Americans as Pioneers moved West?

They were forced to relocate/move.

400

The year that gold was discovered in California.

What is 1848?

400
When Great Britain and America went to war over land it was called ___________.
What is War of 1812?
500
During the time of the Louisiana Purchase, United States was still having trouble with what country trying to claim part of North America.
What is Great Britian?
500
The number of months it took them to get to the Pacific Ocean.
What is 18 months?
500

What is Manifest Destiny.

What is the belief that America should expand its limits?

500

This word means to add a new territory to your country.

What is annex/annexation?

500
Missouri became a state in the year _____.
What is 1821?
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