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Name:

Westward Expansion

1. Which land purchase from Napoleon of France doubled the territory of the United
States?

2. Who are the two explorers who travelled from the Mississippi River to the Pacific
Ocean and back, while searching for water passage and mapping the details of the
land across the American continent?

3. Who is the Native American woman who helped these two explorers navigate the
new territory?

4. What did her presence, and that of her infant child signal to the Native American
tribes the explorers encountered?

5. What is the name of the trail that brought settlers from the Mississippi River area
to the Pacific Northwest?

6. What was the main way people journeyed this trail, what mode of transportation
was used?

7. What mode of transportation finally appeared to “end” the use of this trail?

8. What animal was so valuable to traders from these areas and what piece of
clothing was it used for?

9. Why did settlers find the lure of the West so promising?

10. How are these settlers described? (What had they accomplished within a year of
establishing a home in the west?)

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