Dates Module 11 Lesson 1&2 Flashcards
Thousands of Americans had settled between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River by _______.
1800s
Rebellion in French colony of Haiti, in the Caribbean, ended Napoléon’s dream in _____.
1802
The French offered to sell all of Louisiana; price was $__________.
15 million.
Louisiana Purchase approved by Senate on _____ ___, _____.
October 20, 1803
Who many people did the expedition for the Louisiana Purchase have?
50 skilled frontiersmen
When did the Lewis and Clark expedition began?
May, 1804
The Lewis and Clark expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in _______, ____.
November, 1805
Zebulon Pike, an army officer, led another expedition to the West in _____.
1806
John C. Frémont undertook an expedition of the Rocky Mountains in _____.
1842
Who long was the Oregon Trail?
2,000 miles
When was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints created?
1830
Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in ______.
1844
____________ of Mormons took the Mormon Trail to Utah.
Thousands
By ______, there were about 40,000 Mormons in Utah.
1860
By 1860, there were about _______ Mormons in Utah.
40,000
Americans continued to move west during the _____.
1800s
What year was California added to the Union?
1850
The Pony Express carried messages on a route ______ miles long.
2,000
Congress passed the Pacific Railway Acts of _____ and ____, giving railroad companies loans and land grants.
1862
1864
On ________ ____, _____, the railroad lines met and joined the two tracks with a golden spike at Promontory, Utah.
May 10, 1869
The standard time organized the country into ______ time zones.
four
How many states and/or parts of states that were purchased in the Louisiana Purchase?
15
