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Lewis and Clark Discoveries
How many answers can you find to these questions?
(answers on the website)
1.) The Erie Canal was a waterway designed to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the ___________ ____________.
2.)American officials were surprised that Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of ___________, was willing to sell them the Louisiana Territory in 1803.
3.)American Explorers __________ ____ ___________ explored the land acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase.
4.)In 1838, the United States Government forced the ____________ nation to walk what came to be known as the Trail of Tears, a 1,000 mile forced march from Georgia to reservations in Oklahoma. 5.)An average family completed the Oregon Trail in about ______ months.
6.)Soda Springs, an important stop on the Oregon Trail, is home to the world's largest man-made _____________.
7.) On their way to Sutter's Fort on the California Trail, the _________ Party became stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive the brutal winter. 8.)Sacramento, California, was the western terminus (end-point) of both the ___________ _________________ and the Transcontinental Railroad.
9.) Mormon travelers who settled in Utah formed their own state called _______________. The U.S. Government, however, denied their petition for statehood and instead created the Utah Territory.
10.) It was _____________ _______ who uttered the phrase "This is the right place, drive on," when his Mormon followers finally reached Utah in 1846.
How many answers can you find to these questions?
(answers on the website)
1.) The Erie Canal was a waterway designed to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the ___________ ____________.
2.)American officials were surprised that Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of ___________, was willing to sell them the Louisiana Territory in 1803.
3.)American Explorers __________ ____ ___________ explored the land acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase.
4.)In 1838, the United States Government forced the ____________ nation to walk what came to be known as the Trail of Tears, a 1,000 mile forced march from Georgia to reservations in Oklahoma. 5.)An average family completed the Oregon Trail in about ______ months.
6.)Soda Springs, an important stop on the Oregon Trail, is home to the world's largest man-made _____________.
7.) On their way to Sutter's Fort on the California Trail, the _________ Party became stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive the brutal winter. 8.)Sacramento, California, was the western terminus (end-point) of both the ___________ _________________ and the Transcontinental Railroad.
9.) Mormon travelers who settled in Utah formed their own state called _______________. The U.S. Government, however, denied their petition for statehood and instead created the Utah Territory.
10.) It was _____________ _______ who uttered the phrase "This is the right place, drive on," when his Mormon followers finally reached Utah in 1846.
