Lousiana Purchase
The Country the USA purchased the Lousiana Purchase from
France
The main animal to pull wagons on the trail
Ox
A group of people who went to seek gold in California
Forty Niners
Who was the leader of the Lakota tribe? Known for killing General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Sitting Bull
Which animal did settlers nearly make extinct from over killing?
Buffalo Bison
This U.S President was responsible for the purchase of the Lousiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
How long did it typically take pioneers to travel the Oregon Trail?
Four to six months
Another word for Native Americans
Indigenous
Goods and people can be transported on this water source
Erie Canal
Why did the U.S government refer to Native Americans as "The Native American Problem"
They wanted to get rid of them out of the west to clear the land for settlers
The amount of the Lousiana Purchase
$15 million
What are some ways pioneers died on the trail?
Cholera, wagon sinking, animal or Native American attacks
Machine used to pull seeds out cotton
cotton gin
Battle between Texans and Mexico
Battle of Alamo
Event where France and Britain got the USA involved due to stealing USA sailors
War of 1812
Lewis and Clark
The government convinced pioneers to move west by offering free land to farm in an act called
Homestead Act
The forcing of Cherokee Native Americans to leave their home
Trail of Tears
After the forty-niners cleared the land of golf and moved from the west what did they leave behind?
Ghost Towns
Writer of the famous poem "Star Spangled Banner"
Francis Scott Key
This Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark on their journey
Sacagawea
Gold was discovered in which state?
California
To be barbaric or savage
uncivilized
How much did the Lousiana Purchase increase the size of the US?
Doubled in size
This disease killed thousands of Native Americans on the Trail of Tears
Smallpox