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Slides Module 11 Lesson 1&2 Flashcards

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1
Q

As American settlers moved _____, control of the __________ became more important to the __________.

A

West
Mississippi River
United States

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2
Q

Thousands of __________ had settled between the __________ and the _____________ by 1800s.

A

Americans
Appalachians
Mississippi River

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3
Q

Spain gave land to ______ in a _______.

A

France
treaty

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4
Q

Jefferson sent ambassador to _________ to try to buy _________.

A

France
New Orleans

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5
Q

Louisiana Purchase approved by _____ on October 20, 1803.

A

Senate

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6
Q

The Lewis and Clark expedition reached the ________ in November, 1805.

A

Pacific Ocean

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7
Q

Lewis and Clark used ___________ to talk to leaders of each of the peoples they met.

A

interpreters

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8
Q

When Lewis and Clark were on their expedition and meet ________, they told them that the United States now owned the land they are on.

A

Native Americans

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9
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Lewis and Clark relied on the ________ of the peoples they met.

A

goodwill

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10
Q

____________, an army officer, led another expedition to the _____ in 1806.

A

West
Zebulon Pike

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11
Q

Zebulon Pike’s report offered Americans their first description of the _________ , but not all of his information was ________.

A

Southwest
true

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12
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_____________ undertook an expedition of the ___________ in 1842.

A

John C. Frémont
Rocky Mountains

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13
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Some Americans was the country’s __________, or obvious fate, to settle all land to the Pacific.

A

manifest destiny

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14
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Fur traders and trappers were some of the first Americans to explore the ______.

A

West

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15
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John Jacob Astor created one of the largest fur businesses, the ________.

A

American Fur Company

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16
Q

John Jacob Astor founded Astoria, one of the first settlements in ________.

A

Oregon Country

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17
Q

_______ moved into the far _______ and established thriving communities.

A

Families
west

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18
Q

Many _____ traveled west over the Oregon Trail.

A

settlers

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19
Q

The __________ was another important path _____.

A

Santa Fe Trail
west

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20
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The __________ , a religious group, established their own ________ trail.

A

Mormons
westward

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21
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Valuable deposits of ______ and _____ in the _____ created opportunities for wealth and brought more settlers to the region.

A

gold
silver
West

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22
Q

The American frontier reached the ______ when _______ was added to the ____.

A

Pacific Ocean
California
Union

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23
Q

Mining became big business with discoveries of large deposits of precious metals, such as
the __________ in _________.

A

Comstock Lode
Nevada

24
Q

Miners from all over the ____ came to work in the _______ .

A

world
western mines

25
Q

__________ grew quickly when a mine opened and often disappeared quickly when the mine closed.

A

Boomtowns

26
Q

The cattle industry thrived on the ______, supplying _____ to the East.

A

Great Plains
beef

27
Q

The increasing demand for ______ helped the _________ grow.

A

beef
cattle industry

28
Q

Cattle ranchers in _______ drove herds to Abilene, Kansas, to be shipped ______.

A

Texas
east

29
Q

Cattle ranching spread across the ________, creating the ________ that stretched from Texas to Canada.

A

Great Plains
Cattle Kingdom

30
Q

Ranchers grazed huge herds on public land called the _______.

A

open range

31
Q

________ were workers who took care of ranchers’ cattle.

A

Cowboys

32
Q

Cowboys borrowed many techniques from _____ , who were Mexican ranch hands.

A

vaqueros

33
Q

One of the Cowboys most important duties was the ______.

A

cattle drive

34
Q

The __________ was a popular route for cattle drives.

A

Chisholm Trail

35
Q

Life in cattle towns was sometimes ______ and _______.

A

rough
violent

36
Q

The ___________ railroad succeeded in linking the eastern and western United States.

A

transcontinental

37
Q

The growth of the ______ created a need for communication across the country.

A

West

38
Q

The ________ carried messages on a route 2,000 miles long.

A

Pony Express

39
Q

Demand for a transcontinental railroad _____.

A

grew

40
Q

_______ passed the ______ of 1862 and 1864, giving railroad companies loans and land grants.

A

Congress
Pacific Railway Acts

41
Q

The railroads agreed to carry ____ and ____ at a ____ cost.

A

mail
troops
lower

42
Q

In the race to complete a transcontinental railroad, the Central Pacific started in ________,
__________, and worked _____.

A

Sacramento,
California
east

43
Q

In the race to complete a transcontinental railroad, the Union Pacific started in ______, ________, and worked ______.

A

Omaha
Nebraska
west

44
Q

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.

A

Central Pacific
Union Pacific

45
Q

Large numbers of ____ and _______ immigrants worked on the railroads.

A

Irish
Chinese

46
Q

__________ and ________ posed many challenges to building the railroads.

A

Geography
weather

47
Q

On May 10, 1869, the railroad lines met and joined the two tracks with a golden spike at
_____,______.

A

Promontory, Utah

48
Q

________ continued building railroads throughout the _____.

A

Companies
West

49
Q

_______ growth and ________ in the
West increased.

A

Economic
population

50
Q

________ provided better transportation for people and goods.

A

Railroads

51
Q

_________ also encouraged people to move west.

A

Railroads

52
Q

Railroads became one of the country’s
biggest ________.

A

industries

53
Q

The collapse of railroad owner _________
banking firm helped start the Panic of 1873.

A

Jay Cooke’s

54
Q

The collapse of railroad owner Jay Cooke’s
banking firm helped start the _______.

A

Panic of 1873

55
Q

Despite the Oanic of 1873 setbacks, Americans remained ________ in railroad investments.

A

interested

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