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Louisiana Purchase
Louis and Clark
The Indian Removal Act
The Oregon Trail/Homestead Act
The Transcontinental Railroad
100

This country sold the United States the land. 

France

100
Lewis and Clark met here.

In the Army 

100

This president was responsible for the Indian Removal Act. 

Andrew Jackson

100

Many people risked life on the Oregon Trail because of a belief they had about America/Americans; this belief was known as what? 

Manifest Destiny

100

The transcontinental railroad began in what state, and ended in what state? 

Nebraska, California

200

This man was the president at the time the Louisiana Purchase was made. 

Thomas Jefferson 

200

This was the Native woman who helped Lewis and Clark successfully complete their mission. 

Sacagawea

200

This was the year in which the Indian Removal Act was passed. 

1830 

200

What were three common hazards that the pioneers of the Oregon Trail faced along the way? 

Disease, weather, accidents, Native American attacks, animal attacks, starvation. 

200
The Railroad Act stated that the US government would pay for a railway that crossed the entire country, this act was signed by President Lincoln in what year?  

1862 

300

This was the year in which the Louisiana Purchase was made. 

1803 

300

What was Lewis's job BEFORE he led the expedition. 

Thomas Jefferson's secretary/assistant

300

The Indian Removal Act forced all Natives that lived where to relocate to the West. 

East of the Mississippi River. 

300

The Oregon Trail was over ____________ miles long. 

2000

300

The two companies that built the transcontinental railroad were called what? 

Central Pacific 

Union Pacific

400

This city was a main reason the United States wanted to Purchase the land. 

New Orleans

400

The Corps of Discovery's mission started in this state. 

Missouri 

400

This was how many Cherokee died along the Trail of Tears. 

Over 4000
400

The Oregon Trail began at Fort ________________ in Missouri.

Independence 

400

In which state did the two companies join their tracks and complete the railroad? 

Utah

500

This was the amount the United States paid for the land. 

15 million dollars 

500

Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea had a son that Clark nicknamed "pomp," but the boy's real name was what? 

Jean-Babtiste Charbonneau. 

500

The Trail of Tears began in what state, and ended where? 

North Carolina, modern day Oklahoma (Indian Country)
500

The Homestead Act was signed by which president, and in what year?

Abraham Lincoln, 1862

500

What were two of the reasons (we discussed in class) why the USA believed it needed a railroad that ran from ocean to ocean? 

Trade (the economy) 

Move troops (Civil War) 

Complete the settlement of the West (Manifest Destiny) 

The CA Gold Rush