Westward Expansion Jan Barrett Reading Specialist Crestview Elementary March 26, 2002

Review Questions for Westward Expansion Unit Answer the following questions about the westward expansion on a piece of paper. Check your answers (1-9) on the last slide. Please hand in essay on question 10. Answer the following questions about the westward expansion on a piece of paper. Check your answers (1-9) on the last slide. Please hand in essay on question 10.

Gold Rush 1. Who were the forty- niners?

Thomas Jefferson How did Thomas Jefferson help double the size of the United States? How did Thomas Jefferson help double the size of the United States?

Cumberland Gap 3. How was the Cumberland Gap important to Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road? How was the Cumberland Gap important to Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road?

Physical Features 4. What physical features first attracted pioneers to the Oregon country?

Trail of Tears 5. Where did the Trail of Tears lead to ?

Erie Canal 6. Why was the Erie Canal Built?

Lewis and Clark 7. What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition? expedition?

Mass Production 8. What is mass production? Who first put this idea for producing goods into practice?

Indian Removal Act 9. What was the Result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

California or Bust 10. If you had been alive in 1849, would you have gone to California in search of gold? Explain your answer.

Answers to Questions 1. People went to California in 1849 and looked for gold. 2. By buying the territory known as the Louisiana Purchase. 3. It was the route Daniel Boone traveled through the mountains into Kentucky that was later cleared to make the Wilderness Road. 4. Green valleys, wooded hills, and fertile soil 5. Fort Gibson 6. To transport goods between eastern New York and cities in the West. 7. To learn about the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase 8. Mass production is a way to produce large numbers of goods at one time using interchangeable parts. It was first put into practice by Eli Whitney. 9. All American Indians east of the Mississippi were forced to move West. 10. Hand in your Essay.