A region in the central United States; mainly made up of prairies and grasslands with very few trees and mountains.
What is the Great Plains?
100
A type of covered wagon most commonly used by pioneers-usually measuring 10 by 4 feet to 12 by 4 feet
What is a prairie schooner?
100
A movement in the 1800's that led to the growth of the U.S.
What is Westward Expansion?
200
Someone who opens up new opportunities for others, through expansion and/or research.
Who is a pioneer?
200
A vast mountain range in the eastern U.S., stretching from Maine to Georgia.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
200
a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity.
What is boom town?
200
To settle on public land to use as a home.
What is homesteading?
300
Two famous explorers hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
300
Unexplored or unsettled territory.
What is the frontier?
300
A large group of pioneers traveling west together in wagons.
What is wagon train?
300
A large land purchase in 1803-the U.S. bought 828,000 square miles from the French for a total cost of $15,000,000. It nearly doubled the size of the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
Settlers of the Great Plains. Also a farmer who works, or plows, land.
Who are sod busters?
400
A trail that went from North Carolina across the Appalachian Mountains to Kentucky, blazed by Daniel Boone.
What is Wilderness Trail?
400
A town in which emigrants met to form wagon trains and hire guards before heading onto the frontier.
What is jumping-off town?
400
The historical belief that the United States was meant to expand across North American continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean-"From Sea to Shining Sea".
What is Manifest Destiny?
500
A person who leaves his or her home to settle in a new country or territory.
Who is an emigrant?
500
A house built into the sod, the top layer of soil. These houses are built into the side of a grassy hill.
What is soddy?
500
The action of leaving one's house to settle in a country or territory.