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The president that purchased the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson asked these two people to lead the Corps of Discovery. What are their full names?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
This idea said it was their "god given right" to move out west. What is the idea called?
Manifest Destiny
This courageous woman led enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
The Louisiana Purchase was purchased from this country
France
This man helped the Corps by hunting, exploring, and gaining respect from Native Americans—he was also enslaved.
York
This railroad connected the eastern and western United States in 1869.
Transcontinental Railroad
This tragic journey forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.
What was the Trail of Tears?
People rushed to California in 1849 to search for this.
Gold
The amount of money the Louisiana Purchase was purchased for.
15 million dollars
Explain the reason for Lewis and Clark's expedition.
What is finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean and finding out about animals, plants, land, and Indians?
Name three hardships the Corps of Discovery faced while travleing
What is disease, weather, rivers, mountains, accidents, and Indians?
This woman was a vital interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Sacagawea
Whenever gold was discovered in a new place, miners would move in and make a mining camp. Sometimes these camps would rapidly grow into towns called _________________.
Boomtowns
As settlers moved west, many Native Americans were forced to leave their lands. The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "_______ ___ _________" because of its devastating effects.
Trail of Tears
Jefferson hoped this imaginary river route would lead to Asia. What was the name of the route?
This act allowed any head of household who was a citizen to claim 160 acres of land and you had to live on it for 5 years.
The Homestead Act
Thousands of _________ risked their lives to join in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad from 1863 to 1869.
Chinese
One negative result of Manifest Destiny was that it pushed this group off their homelands.
Native Americans
During the time of the Louisiana Purchase, United States was still having trouble with what country trying to claim part of North America.
Great Britian
Lewis and Clark’s expedition began in this city on the Missouri River.
St. Louis
The first gold rush belongs to ___________ _____________. Fifty years before the California gold rush.
North Carolina
Name 2 trails that Americans used to move out west.
Mormon
Gila
California
Oregon
Old Spanish
Santa Fe
These river boats carried supplies, gifts, and crew members up the Missouri River. Name both of them.
Keelboats and Pirogues