American History Chapter 4

Question 1

Missouri River

Answer 1

To start the expedition it was a river which Lewis and Clark and other men traveled up the flat bottom Ed rivers boats called pirogues

Question 2

Tributary

Answer 2

A river that flows into a bigger river

Question 3

Zebulon pike

Answer 3

An army officer who lead an expedition in 1805 to the Southern half of the Louisiana purchase. He was hired to find the head waters of the Red River, but never found it. He never climbed the famous peak in Colorado that bears his name.

Question 4

Sacajawea/Shoshoni Indians

Answer 4

She was a teenage Indian who helped navigate Lewis and Clark as they explored the Louisiana Purchase. This nomadic tribe gave horses to the expedition that was invaluable to the success of the journey to the Pacific Ocean.

Question 5

Mormon trail

Answer 5

A wagon train led by Brigham Young in 1847 to present day Utah to avoid religious persecution. Known as the “Great Migration”

Question 6

Santa Fe Trail

Answer 6

An international trade route between the U.S.A and Mexico. Pioneered by William Becknell it connected Missouri with Santa Fe Mexico. Americans who used this trail went to Mexico for cheap land and caused tensions that led to Texas independence.

Question 7

Pioneer

Answer 7

They lived in permanent homes on farms and brought civilization to the frontier. Last to enter frontier region.

Question 8

Rendezvous

Answer 8

A meeting or get together agreed on in advance with mountain men in the early 1800’s to support the fur trade.

Question 9

Assimilate

Answer 9

To adopt the dominate culture. (i.e. dress, language & heritage.)

Question 10

South Pass

Answer 10

A low lying area through the Rocky Mountains in that is now Wyoming. Many trails west used this pass to get through the Rocky Mtns. (i.e. Mormon and Oregon Trail)

Question 11

Oregon trail

Answer 11

52) Oregon Trail- The most famous route to the Pacific Northwest from Independence, Missouri to the Columbia River.

Question 12

Oregon Country

Answer 12

53)Oregon Country- The vast region of the Northwest surrounding the Columbia, Snake, and Fraser Rivers claimed by the British.

Question 13

Emigrant

Answer 13

A person who leaves one place for another.

Question 14

Mormonism

Answer 14

A religion founded by Joseph Smith in 1820. After Smith’s death, followers followed Brigham Young to the Rocky Mountains as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). The term Mormon comes from the Book of Mormon.

Question 15

Adams-Onis Treaty

Answer 15

Signed in 1819, Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5 million.