Missouri History

Historians think the _____ were the first people to live in what is now Missouri.

• Osage

• Mound Builders

• French

Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette were _____.

• sent by Jefferson to explore the west

• the first European explorers to reach what is now Missouri

• men who mined for lead and salt

Robert de la Salle claimed a large area of land along the Mississippi River for ____ and called it Louisiana after the king.

• America

• Spain

• France

The ____ was purchased from France for $15 million.

• Louisiana Territory

• Gulf of Mexico

• Port of New Orleans

The U.S. made the Louisiana Purchase in _____.

• 1620

• 1803

• 1821

The Louisiana Purchase became all or part of ____ states.

• 8

• 12

• 15

Thomas Jefferson was _____ when the Louisiana Purchase was made.

• President

• Governor

• an explorer

Who went on an expedition to the West to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean and to explore the land?

• Lewis and Clark

• de la Salle and Jefferson

• Bonaparte and Charbonneau

What was the Pony Express?

• a mail delivery service

• a group who explored the West

• a yearly horse race

The Pony Express ran for ____.

• less than two years

• five years

• over ten years