Westward Expansion Document-based Activity
Answer the questions below on your own paper.
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Using the map, place the letter of the correct answer next to the first five questions. a. Columbia River 1. The Lewis and Clark Expedition started from St. Louis and traveled all the way to _________, the goal of the trip. 2. The explorers started out on the _________. 3. The explorers spent the first winter with the _______ tribe. 4. On the final stretch of the trip west, they traveled on the __________. 5. At the end of their trip west, they built a fort named _______.
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6. During what year did U.S. imports reach
$140 million? 7. During what year were imports at their
lowest point? 8. During what years did U.S. exports total
about $30 million? |
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9. Which trail
to the West was the longest? 10. What town was the starting point for both
the Oregon Trail and the Sante Fe Trial? 11. Where did the Oregon Trail end? 12. Which of the following Native
American tribes would a settler be unlikely to encounter of the Sante Fe
Trail?
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13. What does this time line represent? 14. Which of the following events occurred
last? 15. On what date did General Taylor
win the battle of Buena Vista? 16. What event happened earliest? 17. What did the United States acquire
through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? |