Slides Module 11 Lesson 1&2

Question 1

As American settlers moved _____, control of the __________ became more important to the __________.

Answer 1

West
Mississippi River
United States

Question 2

Thousands of __________ had settled between the __________ and the _____________ by 1800s.

Answer 2

Americans
Appalachians
Mississippi River

Question 3

Spain gave land to ______ in a _______.

Answer 3

France
treaty

Question 4

Jefferson sent ambassador to _________ to try to buy _________.

Answer 4

France
New Orleans

Question 5

Louisiana Purchase approved by _____ on October 20, 1803.

Answer 5

Senate

Question 6

The Lewis and Clark expedition reached the ________ in November, 1805.

Answer 6

Pacific Ocean

Question 7

Lewis and Clark used ___________ to talk to leaders of each of the peoples they met.

Answer 7

interpreters

Question 8

When Lewis and Clark were on their expedition and meet ________, they told them that the United States now owned the land they are on.

Answer 8

Native Americans

Question 9

Lewis and Clark relied on the ________ of the peoples they met.

Answer 9

goodwill

Question 10

____________, an army officer, led another expedition to the _____ in 1806.

Answer 10

West
Zebulon Pike

Question 11

Zebulon Pike’s report offered Americans their first description of the _________ , but not all of his information was ________.

Answer 11

Southwest
true

Question 12

_____________ undertook an expedition of the ___________ in 1842.

Answer 12

John C. Frémont
Rocky Mountains

Question 13

Some Americans was the country’s __________, or obvious fate, to settle all land to the Pacific.

Answer 13

manifest destiny

Question 14

Fur traders and trappers were some of the first Americans to explore the ______.

Answer 14

West

Question 15

John Jacob Astor created one of the largest fur businesses, the ________.

Answer 15

American Fur Company

Question 16

John Jacob Astor founded Astoria, one of the first settlements in ________.

Answer 16

Oregon Country

Question 17

_______ moved into the far _______ and established thriving communities.

Answer 17

Families
west

Question 18

Many _____ traveled west over the Oregon Trail.

Answer 18

settlers

Question 19

The __________ was another important path _____.

Answer 19

Santa Fe Trail
west

Question 20

The __________ , a religious group, established their own ________ trail.

Answer 20

Mormons
westward

Question 21

Valuable deposits of ______ and _____ in the _____ created opportunities for wealth and brought more settlers to the region.

Answer 21

gold
silver
West

Question 22

The American frontier reached the ______ when _______ was added to the ____.

Answer 22

Pacific Ocean
California
Union

Question 23

Mining became big business with discoveries of large deposits of precious metals, such as
the __________ in _________.

Answer 23

Comstock Lode
Nevada

Question 24

Miners from all over the ____ came to work in the _______ .

Answer 24

world
western mines

Question 25

__________ grew quickly when a mine opened and often disappeared quickly when the mine closed.

Answer 25

Boomtowns

Question 26

The cattle industry thrived on the ______, supplying _____ to the East.

Answer 26

Great Plains beef

Question 27

The increasing demand for ______ helped the _________ grow.

Answer 27

beef cattle industry

Question 28

Cattle ranchers in _______ drove herds to Abilene, Kansas, to be shipped ______.

Answer 28

Texas east

Question 29

Cattle ranching spread across the ________, creating the ________ that stretched from Texas to Canada.

Answer 29

Great Plains Cattle Kingdom

Question 30

Ranchers grazed huge herds on public land called the _______.

Answer 30

open range

Question 31

________ were workers who took care of ranchers’ cattle.

Answer 31

Cowboys

Question 32

Cowboys borrowed many techniques from _____ , who were Mexican ranch hands.

Answer 32

vaqueros

Question 33

One of the Cowboys most important duties was the ______.

Answer 33

cattle drive

Question 34

The __________ was a popular route for cattle drives.

Answer 34

Chisholm Trail

Question 35

Life in cattle towns was sometimes ______ and _______.

Answer 35

rough violent

Question 36

The ___________ railroad succeeded in linking the eastern and western United States.

Answer 36

transcontinental

Question 37

The growth of the ______ created a need for communication across the country.

Answer 37

West

Question 38

The ________ carried messages on a route 2,000 miles long.

Answer 38

Pony Express

Question 39

Demand for a transcontinental railroad _____.

Answer 39

grew

Question 40

_______ passed the ______ of 1862 and 1864, giving railroad companies loans and land grants.

Answer 40

Congress Pacific Railway Acts

Question 41

The railroads agreed to carry ____ and ____ at a ____ cost.

Answer 41

mail troops lower

Question 42

In the race to complete a transcontinental railroad, the Central Pacific started in ________, __________, and worked _____.

Answer 42

Sacramento, California east

Question 43

In the race to complete a transcontinental railroad, the Union Pacific started in ______, ________, and worked ______.

Answer 43

Omaha Nebraska west

Question 44

In the race to complete a transcontinental railroad, the _______ started in Sacramento, California, and worked east, and the ________ started in Omaha, Nebraska, and worked west.

Answer 44

Central Pacific Union Pacific

Question 45

Large numbers of ____ and _______ immigrants worked on the railroads.

Answer 45

Irish Chinese

Question 46

__________ and ________ posed many challenges to building the railroads.

Answer 46

Geography weather

Question 47

On May 10, 1869, the railroad lines met and joined the two tracks with a golden spike at _____,______.

Answer 47

Promontory, Utah

Question 48

________ continued building railroads throughout the _____.

Answer 48

Companies West

Question 49

_______ growth and ________ in the West increased.

Answer 49

Economic population

Question 50

________ provided better transportation for people and goods.

Answer 50

Railroads

Question 51

_________ also encouraged people to move west.

Answer 51

Railroads

Question 52

Railroads became one of the country’s biggest ________.

Answer 52

industries

Question 53

The collapse of railroad owner _________ banking firm helped start the Panic of 1873.

Answer 53

Jay Cooke’s

Question 54

The collapse of railroad owner Jay Cooke’s banking firm helped start the _______.

Answer 54

Panic of 1873

Question 55

Despite the Oanic of 1873 setbacks, Americans remained ________ in railroad investments.

Answer 55

interested