Westward Expansion Printable Scavenger Hunt
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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.
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Great Lakes
France
Lewis and Clark
Cherokee
Four
Geyser
Donner
Pony Express
Deseret
Brigham Young