Dates Module 11 Lesson 1&2

Question 1

Thousands of Americans had settled between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River by _______.

Answer 1

1800s

Question 2

Rebellion in French colony of Haiti, in the Caribbean, ended Napoléon’s dream in _____.

Answer 2

1802

Question 3

The French offered to sell all of Louisiana; price was $__________.

Answer 3

15 million.

Question 4

Louisiana Purchase approved by Senate on _____ ___, _____.

Answer 4

October 20, 1803

Question 5

Who many people did the expedition for the Louisiana Purchase have?

Answer 5

50 skilled frontiersmen

Question 6

When did the Lewis and Clark expedition began?

Answer 6

May, 1804

Question 7

The Lewis and Clark expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in _______, ____.

Answer 7

November, 1805

Question 8

Zebulon Pike, an army officer, led another expedition to the West in _____.

Answer 8

1806

Question 9

John C. Frémont undertook an expedition of the Rocky Mountains in _____.

Answer 9

1842

Question 10

Who long was the Oregon Trail?

Answer 10

2,000 miles

Question 11

When was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints created?

Answer 11

1830

Question 12

Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in ______.

Answer 12

1844

Question 13

____________ of Mormons took the Mormon Trail to Utah.

Answer 13

Thousands

Question 14

By ______, there were about 40,000 Mormons in Utah.

Answer 14

1860

Question 15

By 1860, there were about _______ Mormons in Utah.

Answer 15

40,000

Question 16

Americans continued to move west during the _____.

Answer 16

1800s

Question 17

What year was California added to the Union?

Answer 17

1850

Question 18

The Pony Express carried messages on a route ______ miles long.

Answer 18

2,000

Question 19

Congress passed the Pacific Railway Acts of _____ and ____, giving railroad companies loans and land grants.

Answer 19

1862
1864

Question 20

On ________ ____, _____, the railroad lines met and joined the two tracks with a golden spike at Promontory, Utah.

Answer 20

May 10, 1869

Question 21

The standard time organized the country into ______ time zones.

Answer 21

four

Question 22

How many states and/or parts of states that were purchased in the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 22

15