Voc. Module 11 Lesson 1 & 2

Question 1

Guide who was first to lead settlers beyond the Appalachians; cut a road west

Answer 1

Daniel Boone

Question 2

The purchase of Louisiana from France for $15 million, which roughly doubled the size for the United States

Answer 2

Louisiana Purchase

Question 3

A former army captain chosen by President Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition to explore the west

Answer 3

Meriwether Lewis

Question 4

Co-leader of the western expedition

Answer 4

William Clark

Question 5

A long journey to explore the Louisiana Purchase

Answer 5

Lewis and Clark expedition

Question 6

A Shoshone who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition by naming plants and gathering edible fruits and vegetables for the group.

Answer 6

Sacagawea

Question 7

An explorer of the West who reached the summit of the mountain now known as Pike’s Peak

Answer 7

Zebulon Pike

Question 8

Led an expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1842 and wrote a report of his journey that became a guide for future travelers to the West

Answer 8

John C. Fremont

Question 9

Fur traders and trappers who traveled to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest in early 1800s

Answer 9

Mountain men

Question 10

Owner of the American Fur Company who founded the first important settlement in Oregon Country in 1811

Answer 10

John Jacob Astor

Question 11

The main route from the Mississippi River to the West Coast in the early 1800s

Answer 11

Oregon Trail

Question 12

The route from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico

Answer 12

Santa Fe Trail

Question 13

Members of a religious group, formally known as the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who moved west during the 1830s and 1840s

Answer 13

Mormons

Question 14

Mormon leader who chose Utah as the group’s new home

Answer 14

Brigham Young

Question 15

An area that is undeveloped

Answer 15

Frontier

Question 16

Name given to 1859 gold and sliver discovery in western Nevada

Answer 16

Comstock Lode

Question 17

Towns that serviced new mines to the Great Plains during the years when they supported great herds of cattle

Answer 17

Cattle Kingdom

Question 18

Movement of cattle herds to market or new grazing lands

Answer 18

Cattle drive

Question 19

A popular route for cattle drives from San Antonio to Abilene, Kanases

Answer 19

Chisholm Trail

Question 20

Mail delivery system in which messengers transported mail on horseback across the country

Answer 20

Pony Express

Question 21

Railroad across the Unites States, connecting East and West

Answer 21

Transcontinental Railroad