Go West
westward expansion
What was the idea that the U.S. was destined to span the continent?
Sod
What was the key building material of frontier homes?
Believed the earth didn't belong to anyone
Who were the native Americans?
Pioneers
What was the name given to the first group of people who traveled on the Oregon Trail?
The Santa Fe Trail
Which trail began in Missouri and had a short route and a long route?
Wyoming
Which state was one of the first to allow women to vote?
Ash and animal fat
What was soap?
Building cabins, helping with farming, fighting Indians and outlaws,
What were some jobs women had on the frontier?
What were people diagnosed with who wanted to move west?
the California Trail
Which trail guided thousands to Utah and onto the Sacramento Valley?
Jedediah Smith
Who explored more of the west than any other mountain men?
An oily musk made of the glands of beavers
What was castor?
Blab Schools
What type of school required students to memorize what teachers read?
the Donner Party
Who was trapped in the Sierra Mountains and ended up eating their travel buddies?
the Wilderness Road
Which trail took thousands of people through the Appalachian Mountains?
A meeting of fur trappers that happened once a year
What was a rendezvous?
501s, jean jackets, denim clothes
Who was Levi Strauss?
People who sold mining gear
Who made the most money from the Gold Rush?
Barter
How did people pay for manufactured goods without money?
William Workman
Who led a wagon train along the Old Spanish Trail to California?
Buffalo
What animal did native Americans rely on to survive?
Chinese
Which foreign miners paid to keep their claims?
He found gold and initiated the Gold Rush at Sutter's Mill
Who is James Marshall?
Voyageurs
Who were French trappers?
Who ran the gauntlet to escape native Americans?