Westward Expansion:

Lewis and Clark Timeline

Included are screenshots from the Ipad Westward Expansion activity-Lewis and Clark, Review Questions, and Cause and Effect. Please review the pictures for information before answering the questions.

Review Questions: Please answer the questions related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.1. What is the color of the Louisiana Purchase on the map?

2. Name one captain of the expedition.

3. Which president bought the Louisiana Purchase?

4. What doubled the size of the U.S.?

5. From what country did the U.S. buy the Louisiana Purchase?

6. Name the Shoshone woman who was a guide and translator for the expedition.

7. Name one plant or animal that you helped to identify on the expedition.

8. What was the main river the Corps of Discovery explored?

9. What was the final river that the Corps of Discovery traveled to reach the Pacific Ocean?

Cause and Effect

Please write the year and correct answer for each question.

For example: Year: Answer: 1776 Declaration of Independence

California: 1848

Where was gold first discovered in California?

Oregon: 1850What was the name of land where cheap land was sold?

Wyoming: 1869

Name one city that the First Transcontinental Railroad connected.

Oklahoma: 1880

African American made up one-fourth of what profession in the west?

Georgia: 1794

Who invented the cotton gin?

Virginia: 1834

Name one person who invented the horse drawn reaper.

New York: 1807

Who first operated the steamboat commercially in the U.S.?

Boston: 1860

What is the name of the belief that westward expansion was the best thing for the U.S.?