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Who did Thomas Jefferson ask to explore the lands west of the Mississippi River?
What is Meriwether Lewis
100
What was the "Trail of Tears"?
What is A journey where all Indians were taken from their homes and forced to walk to a new location
100
Describe Daniel Boone. How did he become so famous?
What is he was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman, whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia, but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas.
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Who was President at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?
What is Thomas Jefferson
100
How did the United States acquire the Florida Territory?
What is Treaty with Spain
200
What was the title of the famous land purchase made by the United States under TJ during the late 1700s/early 1800s?
What is The Louisiana Purchase
200
What was the Indian Removal Act?
What is An act to remove all Indians to the great plains or present day Oklahoma
200
The Oregon Trail could be described as being
What is very rough with travelers having to face many challenges, including weather and many physical features in the way.
200
The Oregon Trail could be described as being
What is very rough with travelers having to face many challenges, including weather and many physical features in the way.
200
The Golden Spike was
What is the last spike that symbolized the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
300
What country sold the land that the United States acquired under the presidency of Thomas Jefferson?
What is France
300
Why did Andrew Jackson want to expand the United States?
What is because he strongly disliked Native Americans and he wanted to punish them
300
Lewis and Clark began and ended their journey at a city on the banks of the Mississippi River. Now known as the "Gateway to the West," what city is this?
What is St. Louis, Missouri
300
What were some of the improvements in transportation during westward expansion?
What is railroads, canals, steamboats
300
What were the names of the two railroad companies that made up the First Transcontinental Railroad?
What is Central Pacific and Union Pacific
400
Thomas Jefferson was the main author of which famous document that granted the United States separation from Great Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence
400
Where was the Native Americans new territory?
What is Great Plains/present day Oklahoma
400
Which was the river most traveled by Lewis and Clark during their exploration of the Louisiana Territory?
What is the Missouri River
400
What are some examples of economic factors that caused people to move west?
What is gold, lodging, freedom for slaves, and farming
400
What territory did the United States acquire after winning the Mexican War?
What is California and the Southwest Territory
500
Jefferson represented Albemarle County as a delegate in the Virginia __________from 1769 until 1775. This was the first representative form of government.
What is The House of Burgesses
500
Name the 5 "Civilized Tribes" that was affected by Andrew Jackson and his motives.
What is Cherokee,Creek,Chickasaw,Seminole,Choctaw
500
Manifest Destiny is the term associated with the idea that
What is it was the right of the United States to continue to expand
500
When was the Trail of Tears?
What is 1838-1839
500
What are some examples of geographic factors that caused people to move west?
What is population growth in the East and fertile land being available