Unit 7: Westward Expansion

The French leader who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States

• Napolean Bonaparte

• Mariwether Lewis

• King Louis III

What was the group of 40 men assembled by Lewis and Clark that accompanied them on their expedition?

• The Corps of Exploration

• Mrs. Graves & the Backstreet Boys

• The Corps of Discovery

• Founders of Exploration

What was a major cause of the War of 1812?

• British Expansion into U.S Territory

• The California Gold Rush

• The Louisiana Purchase

• British impressment of American sailors

What was the main purpose of the Oregon Trail?

• To trade with Indigenous tribes

• To connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• To provide a route for settlers moving to the Pacific Northwest

• To explore the Rocky Mountains

By which year did more than 80,000 people arrive to California?

• 1849

• 1817

• 1861

• 1889

What impact did the discovery of gold in California have on the population?

• Rapid population growth

• Decreased population

• No significant change

Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

• Spain

• France

• Great Britian

• Mexico

Which woman played an important role in helping Lewis and Clark on their expedition?

• Thomas Jefferson’s wife

• Pocahontas

• Sacagawea

• Mrs. Graves

The belief that it was the destiny of the United States to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

• Oregon Trail

• Louisiana Purchase

People who rushed to California in 1849 in search of gold during the Gold Rush.

• Forty-Niners

• Sodbusters

• Forty-Miners

• Sooners