Westward Expansion Review

Which one was NOT a hardship faced on the Oregon Trail?

• Sickness

• Bad weather

• House fires

• Crossing rivers

The Gateway Arch represented:

• jumping off place to move West

• gold found in the United States

• capitol of Missouri

• way to get into Mexico

Which one was NOT something Lewis and Clark had to do on their expedition?

• make drawings and journal entries about the expedition

• create maps of land

• explore the West all the way to the Pacific Ocean

• learn to speak the Spanish language

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?

• It made the United States become part of France.

• It made the size of the US smaller.

• It doubled the size of the United States.

• It made Robert de la Salle the President of the US.

What are TWO things that Thomas Jefferson did that impacted Westward Expansion? (CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS)

• He bought the Louisiana Territory.

• He fought with the Native Americans.

• He discovered the United States.

• He sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition.

Choose the THREE European explorers that first reached Missouri. (CHOOSE THREE ANSWERS)

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Marquette

• Thomas Jefferson

• Louis Jolliet

• Robert de La Salle