Louisiana Purchase
Mountain Men
Oregon Trail
Texas
Gold Rush
100
Thomas Jefferson
Who purchased Louisiana Territory?
100
Beaver
What is most important animal trapped by mountain men?
100
oxen
What are the animals that pulled covered wagons?
100
Steven and Moses Austin
Who were the Americans who started a colony in Texas?
200
Lewis and Clark
Who was hired to explore the Louisiana Territory?
200
Hats
What was the main use of beaver pelts?
200
Chimney Rock
What is the landmark most often mentioned in trail diaries?
200
Mexico
Who owned Texas when the Austins settled there?
200
James Marshall
Who discovered gold in California?
300
New Orleans
What is the city at the mouth of the Mississippi River which Jefferson wanted to acquire.
300
Jed Smith
Who was a famous mountain man whose men trapped in the Newman area?
300
Independence Rock
What was considered the halfway point along the trail?
300
Alamo
What was the battle where Americans were defeated by Santa Ana?
300
Columbia
Where did Marshall discover gold?
400
Sacajawea
Who is the Native American that Lewis and Clark hired to be their guide?
400
Rendezvous
What is annual gathering of Mountain Men?
400
Cholera (disease)
What is the biggest killer on the trail?
400
Lone Star Republic
What was Texas called while it was an independent nation?
400
49ers
What is the name for the people who rushed to California for gold?
500
Fort Clatsop
What is the fort where Lewis and Clark spent their second winter?
500
John Jacob Astor
Who was fur trader who was one of the wealthiest men in America?
500
Independence Missouri
What is one of the jumping off places for westward travel?
500
1845
What year did Texas become a state?
500
$2 billion
What is the approximate value of gold mined during the gold rush?
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