Westward Expansion Study Guide

Question 0

What method of transportation did the earliest settlers from the east use to reach the Ohio river valley in the west?

Answer 0

Flatboats

Question 1

What physical barrier did settlers cross when using the Cumberland gap?

Answer 1

The Appalachian mountains

Question 2

What methods of transportation came after flatboats?

Answer 2

Steamboats

Question 3

Chief John Ross

Answer 3

Fought against the Indian removal act

Question 4

Sequoyah

Answer 4

Created an alphabet for the Cherokee tribe

Question 5

Chief Osceola

Answer 5

Led Seminoles in 2nd Seminole war

Question 6

Tecumseh

Answer 6

Leader of the Shawnee people

Question 7

Andrew Jackson

Answer 7

Led soldiers to Florida

Question 8

Martin van buren

Answer 8

Candidate for the first U.S. President

Question 9

James Madison

Answer 9

Virginia leader

Question 10

John Marshall

Answer 10

Chief Justice

Question 11

When did Francis Scott key write the words to the declaration of independance?

Answer 11

After the battle of fort mchenry

Question 12

How did the settlers in the early 1800s reach the pacific coast from the United States? What physical barriers did they face on their journey?

Answer 12

Horses

Spanish arrested Zebulon pike for trespassing in to their land by accident

Question 13

How did the lives of American Indians change as the United States grew during the early 1800s?

Answer 13

Built towns and many rivers

Question 14

How was the Lewis and Clark expedition important to the American settlement out west?

Answer 14

Helped find their way to the pacific coast

Question 15

How did the Louisiana purchase affect the United States?

Answer 15

Us had no ports to the Gulf of Mexico of its own