American Exploration
President Jefferson selected ____________ to lead a expedition around the newly purchased Louisiana territory.
Who is Lewis and Clark
The government wanted the eastern lands for new settlement and?
Agriculture
What is the Ideology that the US should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
Manifest Destiny
A flowing together of two or more streams or rivers
confluence
Who owned the Louisiana Territory before the Louisiana Purchase?
The French
The team of men that Lewis and Clark assembled were called the?
Who is the Discovery Corps
The Indian removal act was pushed for by President?
Andrew Jackson
What were the two ways to travel at this time?
By trail and boat
A tributary stream of river that is close to its water source or forms part of its source
Headwaters
Who owned the land that would be modern Florida?
The Spanish
Zebulon Pike was sent by the governor of the Louisiana territory to?
Make contact and build relationships with the tribes
The act required that tribes in the east move to lands west of what river?
Mississipi
The Sante Fe Trail was used primarily for what?
commerce
Something offered as payment in recogntion of loss, suffering, or injury.
Compensation
How many of the 600 Ottawa tribe members died in their first two years in Kansas?
300
Who was the other explorer besides Lewis and Clark and Zebulon pike to reach Kansas?
Who is Stephen Long
Who wanted to create an Indian state in Kansas?
Issac Mccoy
The Oregon Trail was used primarily for what?
Emigrants
The power of government to take private property for public use.
Eminent Domain
Most encounters between native Americans and Settlers were?
peaceful
Lewis and Clark traveled using __________
A Keelboat
Issac McCoy created what in Kansas for Indian children?
Misson Schools
What was the name of the store on the Sante Fe Trail?
Last Chance Store
A person who takes the risks of starting and owning a business
Entrepreneur
What was the main purpose of building purpose of the frontier forts and the military?
to protect settlers