The Story of US: Westward Expansion Quiz:

1. The land west of the Cumberland Gap is controlled by _____________, ______________, and __________. 

2. ____________________ & his men cut through the Cumberland Gap. 

3. Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from______________________. 

4. The Rockies are _______ separate mountain ranges.

5. Lewis & Clark discover over ___________ species of wildlife. 

6. The West's most valuable commodity is _____________, nearly hunted to extinction in Europe. 

7. The trails Smith made became settler paths, wagon trains, and today it is 

______________________________. 

8. Settlers can walk up to ________________ a day, for up to 

______________ months straight. 

9. Families save for ________ years to join the exodus. 

10. ________________ Americans will die on the journey west,__________ graves for every mile. 

11. Donner found a shortcut that would shave __________________ off the journey, a savings of __________. 

12. Instead, the shortcut added __________________. 

13. The Mexican empire stretches from ____________________ to Guatemala. 

14. In _________, gold is discovered in a California river. 

15. In 2 years, the population of California goes from ________________ to 100,000. 

16. Less than ________ out of ____________ got rich from the gold rush, except for the merchants. 

17. Settler families of 10 or more lived in ___________________, with a single room. 

18. Once down the river, the flatboats are sold for ___________, and the farmers walk 

_________ miles home. 

19. The new invention that transforms the Mississippi, the Midwest, & America is the 

___________________________________. 

19. The new invention can travel _______ miles a day, _____ times faster and can carry _____ times the cargo of a raft. 

20. The steamboat makes the __________________ America's economic powerhouse. 

21. Over ________ generations, America grew from a _____ mile wide strip of colonies on the Eastern seaboard to a continental powerhouse.