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U.S Westward Expan.
Facts about expanding the U.S in HIstory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the purchase of the Louisiana Territory by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 led to the settlement of lands west of this river | the Mississippi River |
| Meriwether Lewis, Zebulon Pike and this man explored the Louisiana Territory and other parts of the West | William Clark |
| although the government sent many explorers westward, the people who learned the most about the lands beyond the Mississippi River were traders and theses people | fur trappers |
| beginning in 1821, traders followed the Santa Fe Trail from Independence,Missouri southwest to Santa Fe, which then was in this place | Mexico |
| traders took wagons filled with manufactured goods to Santa Fe, and brought back mules,furs,gold and this | silver |
| the Old Spanish Trail continued west from Santa Fe to this place in California | Los Angeles |
| the fur trappers, who were often called....., roamed the Rocky Mountain region starting in the 1820's | mountain men |
| two of the most famous mountain men and "trail blazers" of the Far West were Jim Bridger and.... | Jed Smith |
| Bridger and smith discovered the famous.....which later was used by wagon trains crossing the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California | south pass |
| these people traveling west used the trails established by the mountain men | settlers |
| the first states formed west of the Mississippi River were Louisiana(1812), Missouri(1821),Arkansas(1836),Texas(1845), and....(1846) | Iowa |
| during the 1820's Stephen Austin led hundreds of American families into Texas the owned by .... | Mexico |
| the Americans living in Texas gained their ....from Mexico during the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836 | independence |
| Sam Houston,who led the Texans to victory over Santa Anna and the Mexican army,became the first....of the "Lone Star Republic" | President |
| Texas was called the Lone Star Republic until it became a ....in 1845 | state |
| traders,trappers,explorers,and missionaries told stories about rich farmlands in California and ... | Oregon |
| the first....began the long journey over the Oregon and California trails during the 1840's | wagon trains |
| thie pioneers had to cross the Great Plains and...... before reaching the West Coast | Rocky Mountains |
| wagon trains were organized every...at Independence,Missouri | spring |
| one wagon train, the Donner Party, was trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains by early October snowstorms, and only 48 of the 87 people.... | survived |
| Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and other missionaries wrote letters to friends back East describing the great forests and rich.....of the Oregon Country | farmlands |
| Brigham Young and the Mormons,who had been persecuted in several eastern states because of their religious beliefs, settled next to the.....in Utah in 1847 | Great Salt Lake |
| the discovery of gold at John Sutter's mill led to a rush of .....to California in 1849 | Forty-Niners |
| although most people found no gold,many became farmers,store owners,and craftsmen, and.....became a state in 1850 | California |
| the trails that led west stretched over dry,treeless plains and waterless deserts,crossed streams and rivers, and wound through steep....passes | mountain |
| during the 2000-mile trip from Independence to the West Coast, families lived in covered wagons pulled by several teams of ..... | oxen or mules |
| wagon trains followed the Oregon Trail across the Great Plains, nicknamed the "......", and through the South Pass in the Rocky Mountains | Great American Desert |
| after crossing the Rockies,pioneers bound for California followed the .... to the Sacramento Valley | California Trail |
| The Oregon trail continued northwest to the ..... and the Willamette Valley | Columbia River |
| Wagon trains made brief stops at ... along the way to make repairs and buy supplies | forts |
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