SS Check Point #3 Review

What were the Westward moving settlers called?

• 49ers

• Pioneers

• Colonists

• Peasants

Unsettled land West of the Mississippi River was known as

• The New Territory

• The Forest

• The Frontier

• The Indian Nation

A large area of land purchased by President Thomas Jefferson, in 1803, that more than doubled the size of the US.

• The Mississippi River

• The Ohio River Valley

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Westward Expansion

In 1803, the US bought the Louisiana Territory from ______ for 15 million dollars.

• Spain

• American Indians

• Britain

• France

What is Westward Expansion?

• A period of time when the Americans were fighting a war.

• A period of time when many Americans struck gold.

• A period of time when the British King ruled the colonies.

• A period of time when American settlers were pushing the boundaries of the US toward the Pacific Ocean.

The _____ was when settlers rushed Westward in search of gold.

• Westward Expansion

• Gold Rush

• Indian Removal

Prospectors who searched for gold during the Gold Rush of 1848-1849 were called

• Settlers

• Gold Miners

• American Indians

• 49ers

Towns that were developed very quickly around mining camps were called

• Boom towns

• Ghost towns

• Mining towns

When the gold ran out many towns were abandoned and became known as

• Gold mines

• Boom towns

• Ghost towns

• Mining towns

An example of ________ is when a store owner agrees to give a miner tools in exchange for gold.

• trade

• supply

• demand

• voluntary exchange