Slides Module 11 Lesson 1&2 Flashcards
As American settlers moved _____, control of the __________ became more important to the __________.
West
Mississippi River
United States
Thousands of __________ had settled between the __________ and the _____________ by 1800s.
Americans
Appalachians
Mississippi River
Spain gave land to ______ in a _______.
France
treaty
Jefferson sent ambassador to _________ to try to buy _________.
France
New Orleans
Louisiana Purchase approved by _____ on October 20, 1803.
Senate
The Lewis and Clark expedition reached the ________ in November, 1805.
Pacific Ocean
Lewis and Clark used ___________ to talk to leaders of each of the peoples they met.
interpreters
When Lewis and Clark were on their expedition and meet ________, they told them that the United States now owned the land they are on.
Native Americans
Lewis and Clark relied on the ________ of the peoples they met.
goodwill
____________, an army officer, led another expedition to the _____ in 1806.
West
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike’s report offered Americans their first description of the _________ , but not all of his information was ________.
Southwest
true
_____________ undertook an expedition of the ___________ in 1842.
John C. Frémont
Rocky Mountains
Some Americans was the country’s __________, or obvious fate, to settle all land to the Pacific.
manifest destiny
Fur traders and trappers were some of the first Americans to explore the ______.
West
John Jacob Astor created one of the largest fur businesses, the ________.
American Fur Company
John Jacob Astor founded Astoria, one of the first settlements in ________.
Oregon Country
_______ moved into the far _______ and established thriving communities.
Families
west
Many _____ traveled west over the Oregon Trail.
settlers
The __________ was another important path _____.
Santa Fe Trail
west
The __________ , a religious group, established their own ________ trail.
Mormons
westward
Valuable deposits of ______ and _____ in the _____ created opportunities for wealth and brought more settlers to the region.
gold
silver
West
The American frontier reached the ______ when _______ was added to the ____.
Pacific Ocean
California
Union
Mining became big business with discoveries of large deposits of precious metals, such as
the __________ in _________.
Comstock Lode
Nevada
Miners from all over the ____ came to work in the _______ .
world
western mines
__________ grew quickly when a mine opened and often disappeared quickly when the mine closed.
Boomtowns
The cattle industry thrived on the ______, supplying _____ to the East.
Great Plains
beef
The increasing demand for ______ helped the _________ grow.
beef
cattle industry
Cattle ranchers in _______ drove herds to Abilene, Kansas, to be shipped ______.
Texas
east
Cattle ranching spread across the ________, creating the ________ that stretched from Texas to Canada.
Great Plains
Cattle Kingdom
Ranchers grazed huge herds on public land called the _______.
open range
________ were workers who took care of ranchers’ cattle.
Cowboys
Cowboys borrowed many techniques from _____ , who were Mexican ranch hands.
vaqueros
One of the Cowboys most important duties was the ______.
cattle drive
The __________ was a popular route for cattle drives.
Chisholm Trail
Life in cattle towns was sometimes ______ and _______.
rough
violent
The ___________ railroad succeeded in linking the eastern and western United States.
transcontinental
The growth of the ______ created a need for communication across the country.
West
The ________ carried messages on a route 2,000 miles long.
Pony Express
Demand for a transcontinental railroad _____.
grew
_______ passed the ______ of 1862 and 1864, giving railroad companies loans and land grants.
Congress
Pacific Railway Acts
The railroads agreed to carry ____ and ____ at a ____ cost.
mail
troops
lower
In the race to complete a transcontinental railroad, the Central Pacific started in ________,
__________, and worked _____.
Sacramento,
California
east
In the race to complete a transcontinental railroad, the Union Pacific started in ______, ________, and worked ______.
Omaha
Nebraska
west
In the race to complete a transcontinental railroad, the _______ started in Sacramento, California, and worked east, and the ________ started in Omaha, Nebraska, and worked west.
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Large numbers of ____ and _______ immigrants worked on the railroads.
Irish
Chinese
__________ and ________ posed many challenges to building the railroads.
Geography
weather
On May 10, 1869, the railroad lines met and joined the two tracks with a golden spike at
_____,______.
Promontory, Utah
________ continued building railroads throughout the _____.
Companies
West
_______ growth and ________ in the
West increased.
Economic
population
________ provided better transportation for people and goods.
Railroads
_________ also encouraged people to move west.
Railroads
Railroads became one of the country’s
biggest ________.
industries
The collapse of railroad owner _________
banking firm helped start the Panic of 1873.
Jay Cooke’s
The collapse of railroad owner Jay Cooke’s
banking firm helped start the _______.
Panic of 1873
Despite the Oanic of 1873 setbacks, Americans remained ________ in railroad investments.
interested
