Traveler one
Why did Lewis and Clark explore the West?
What is:
-To make friendly contact with Native Americans
-To find the Northwest Passage
-Find out what the US bought in the Louisiana purchase
Why did the Latter-Day Saints move west?
What is to find a new home and spread their faith.
What does Manifest Destiny mean?
What is obvious fate.
Where did Californios settle?
What is California.
True or false: Pioneer Women did not do that much work.
What is false.
Why did the Missionaries move west?
What is to convert people.
What was the group that traveled to California and were welcomed but then hated?
What is the Chinese.
What president fulfilled Manifest Destiny?
Who is James Polk.
Where did the Missionaries settle?
What is Oregon.
Name one hardship that Lewis and Clark faced on their expedition.
What is:
-harsh weather
-lack of food
-rowing upstream against the Missouri River’s strong current
-sore muscles
-prickly pear cactus
-grizzly bears
What else were Mountain Men called?
What is Trappers.
What is one hardship the 49ers faced?
What is:
-harsh camps
-getting to California
-mining
- some never found gold
What land dispute led to the Mexican American war?
What is the border between Texas and Mexico.
True or false: Oregon country was bought by the US in 1847.
What is false. Oregon was bought in 1846.
What was the song we listened to in the beginning of this chapter?
What is “Sweet Betsy.”
Fill in the blank: Californios said, ”We were the pioneers of the _________.”
What is Pacific Coast.
Who was the man who found gold while building a sawmill?
Who is James Marshall.
What did Manifest Destiny do to the US?
What is by 1850 the US stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What mountain and river is near Louisiana Territory?
What is the Mississippi river and Rocky Mountains.
Fill in the blank: In the early________ all of expeditions were set out to explore the west.
What is the 1800s.
Who was Zebulon Pike?
What is he was an army lieutenant who sent out to explore the southern part of new Louisiana Territory. While Pike was traveling up the valley of Arkansas River he saw a mountain and today it is called Pikes Peak. He also explored Spanish territory and encouraged American traders to move to the Southwest.
What was one of the Mountain Men’s greatest legacies?
What is they left journals and trading posts.
Where did we split Oregon with Britain?
What is at the 49th parallel.
What year was the Louisiana territory sold?
What is 1803.
Who was involved in the Louisiana purchase?
What is Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and Napoleon.