SW Week 15 Expansion and Growth Review

Where did most trail companies start their journeys?

• Chicago, IL

• Kansas City, KS

• New York City, NY

• St. Louis, MO

What helped open the Louisiana Purchase for settlement?

• free land

• The Corps of Discovery shared their findings.

• treaties with the American Indian nations

• the railroad

The greatest dangers traveling across the country were ___________________.

• rivers and mountains

• buffalo stampedes

• snake bites

• diseases and lack of fresh water

What controlled prices in the California gold rush?

• supply and demand

• how much gold was found

• Sam Brannan

• goods and services

What was the name of the mission in Texas where they fought for independence?

• San Diego

• El Paso

• Alamo

• Presidio

What did America gain from the war with Mexico?

• land north of the Rio Grande

• land east of the Mississippi River

• land south of the Colorado River

• land west of the Rocky Mountains

What was discovered in California right after the United States paid for the land?

• silver

• uranium

• gold

• copper

What type of primary source is valuable to give information about life on the trail?

• newspapers and magazines

• letters home

• petroglyphs in the rock

• diaries and journals

Why was Independence Rock such a welcome sight for the pioneers?

• There was a freshwater lake to bathe in.

• There was a trading post.

• It marked the halfway point.

• It was almost the end of the trail.

The war with Mexico was the first time Americans ___________________.