Famous Trails
Famous Expeditions
Famous Personalities
Geographic Features
HodgePodge
100
The most famous migrant trail in American history
What is the Oregon Trail
100
Who authorized or commissioned the Lewis & Clark Expedition?
What is President Thomas Jefferson
100
What was the black slave who accompanied the Lewis & Clark Expedition?
What is York?
100
What is the largest river (volume) in the United States?
What is the Mississippi?
100
What is the name of the most famous American gold rush which began in 1849?
What is the California Gold Rush?
200
The trail is was traversed by two military captains and a crew of thirty-three individuals.
What is the Lewis & Clark Trail.
200
What purchase from France secured the Lewis & Clark Expedition?
What is the Louisiana Puchase
200
What was the name of Meriwether Lewis' dog who accompanied the Corps of Discovery?
What is Seaman.
200
What is the longest river in the United States/
What is the Missouri?
200
What was the name of the large wagon some travelers used while traveling in the 1800s in the United States and Canada?
What is the Conestoga?
300
What woman lead the Corps of Discovery between 1803 and 1806?
What is Sacagawea
300
In what state did William Clark leave a trace, meaning his signature on a rock?
What is Montana?
300
Who led the US Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn
What is Gen George Armstrong Custer?
300
What country borders the northern United States?
What is Canada?
300
What is the ocean where the Corps of Discovery ended their trek
What is Pacific?
400
From what major US city near the Mississippi and Missouri rivers did the Corps of Discovery depart from?
What is St. Louis?
400
How many people died while on the Corps of Discovery Expedition?
What is one
400
Who was the famous Nez Perce Chief who lead his people on a 1,170 mile escape to Canada, which was not successful for them.
What is Joseph?
400
What is the name of the plains which lie west of the Mississippi River?
What is the Great Plains?
400
What is the name of the area where silver was discovered near present day Virginia City Nevada?
What is the Comstock Lode?
500
What is the name of one other famous trail in American history, since 1803?
What are Applegate, California, Mormon, Mullan, Old Spanish, and Santa Fe
500
What is the name of the final destination or fort that the Corps of Discovery lived in in modern day Oregon?
What is Fort Clatsop
500
What name did Sacagawea give her first born child?
What is Jean Baptiste Charbonneau or Pomp
500
How many states did the Corps of Discovery cross while on their expedition?
What is 11?
500
What was the name given to the line which carried mail by horseback across the mid- to western United States?
What is the Pony Express?