Voc. Module 11 Lesson 1 & 2 Flashcards
Guide who was first to lead settlers beyond the Appalachians; cut a road west
Daniel Boone
The purchase of Louisiana from France for $15 million, which roughly doubled the size for the United States
Louisiana Purchase
A former army captain chosen by President Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition to explore the west
Meriwether Lewis
Co-leader of the western expedition
William Clark
A long journey to explore the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark expedition
A Shoshone who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition by naming plants and gathering edible fruits and vegetables for the group.
Sacagawea
An explorer of the West who reached the summit of the mountain now known as Pike’s Peak
Zebulon Pike
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
John C. Fremont
Fur traders and trappers who traveled to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest in early 1800s
Mountain men
Owner of the American Fur Company who founded the first important settlement in Oregon Country in 1811
John Jacob Astor
The main route from the Mississippi River to the West Coast in the early 1800s
Oregon Trail
The route from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe Trail
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
Mormons
Mormon leader who chose Utah as the group’s new home
Brigham Young
An area that is undeveloped
Frontier
