Christopher Columbus
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Erie Canal
MISC.
100

Christopher Columbus sailed for what country?

Spain

100

What year did the Louisiana Purchase occur? 

1803

100

Meriwether Lewis first joined the army to quell what rebellion?

Whiskey Rebellion

100

What year did the Erie Canal start 

Begun in 1817

100

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

Eli Whitney 

200

Why did Columbus call the first people he encountered in the Americans " Indians"?

he thought he had landed in Asia,which Europeans called the Indies

200

What river was to the east of the Louisiana Purchase?

The Mississippi River

200

What position did Meriweather Lewis hold before becoming leader of the Expedition?

President Jefferson's personal secretary

200

What are two Economic effects of the Erie Canal?

Transportation

Trade

200

Where did the Oregon trail start?

St. Louis Missouri or Independence Missouri

300

Some historians believe that the first people came to the Americas across the __________________

A. Titanic

B. Bering Land Bridge 

C. Atlantic Ocean

D. Plate Tectonic Movement

 

Bering Land Bridge

300

What future U.S. president traveled to France to make the deal?

James Monroe

300

What date did the expedition leave St. Louis, Missouri?

May 14, 1804

300

What turns the North in an economic powerhouse? Who is the man behind it?

Canal

Dewitt Clinton

300

What was the Missouri Compromise?

The Missouri Compromise was a compromise that when a state wanted to become part of the Union they had to decide if they were a slave state or a free state.

400

After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died because of 

Disease

400

Who was the U.S president at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?

Thomas Jefferson

400

Who was medical advisor to the Expedition?

Dr. Benjamin Rush

400

What year was the Erie Canal completed in?

1825

400

Where was the Gold Rush started?

Sutter's Mill

500

What three countries refused to back Columbus’ voyage. 

Portugal, England and France

500

What was the result of the Louisiana Purchase?

The United States doubled its size

500

Jefferson was concerned about the welfare of the Native people the expedition would encounter. In fact, he suggested that Lewis and Clark teach the Native Americans to inoculate themselves against what disease?

smallpox

500

Who created the steamboat?

Robert Fulton

500

What was an abolitionist?

An abolitionist was a person who wanted to end slavery or get rid of it.