SS p.22-23 review Reilly

expansion

• rules made by colonists

• growth

• civil war

• Louisiana

What three major events encouraged expansion?

Which President approved the Louisiana Purchase?

What year did President Thomas Jefferson approve the Louisiana Purchase?

What country did the Louisiana Territory belong to?

What area is made up of land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains?

Who discovered that Louisiana had diverse geography?

In which state was gold discovered?

In what year was gold discovered in California?

Why did people start settling the land west of the Mississippi River?

• People traveling west to Calfornia for the gold.

• People traveling east settled Louisiana

• The civil war began.