Chapter 4 Lesson 2

In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from?

• France

• Spain

• Italy

• Britain

Who did President Thomas Jefferson chose to lead an expedition through the Louisiana Territory from France?

• Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

The Great Plains did not have a lot of trees and rocks. Settlers had to be creative and build houses made of soil and grass, known as?

• sod houses

• tree houses

• brick houses

John Deere invented the _________ in 1837.

• steel plow

• lawnmower

• cast iron plow

Who served as Lewis and Clark's guide and interpreter?

• Tecumseh

• Sacagawea

• Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable

• Louis Jolliet

Areas of land set aside for Native Americans is called?

• reservations

• expeditions

• territories

During construction of the railroad, Native Americans experienced another hardship because the _________ were hunted to heavily and the population decreased leaving them struggling to survive.

• buffalo

• horses

• oxen

Most wagons were pulled by a team of two or more ________ because these animals were strong and reliable.

• horses

• oxen

• buffalo

Living on the Great Plains was?

• easy

• hard

It is believed that the first European settlers in the Midwest were?

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

• Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet

• Sacagawea and Tecumseh