Students: Time Warp Trio
Notes for this week's quiz:
Louisiana Purchase
What was it? The United States bought land from France.
Who made it? Thomas Jefferson made the purchase.
What did it do? The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the U.S.
Lewis and Clark
Who were they? They were explorers sent on an expedition into the west.
What did they do? Their goal was to discover information about the geography, people, and natural resources of this new area.
Where did they go? They started in St. Louis, MO and traveled up the Missouri River, through the plains and over the Rocky Mountains to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who sent them on their trip? Thomas Jefferson
Oregon Trail
-pioneers followed this route west
-trip took about 6 months
-they used what was on the trail to survive
Alamo
-Texas wanted to be independent from Mexico.
-Texas had to fight the Mexican army and they lost at the Alamo.
-Texas did eventually win and became part of the U.S.
Gold Rush
-gold was discovered in CA
-pioneers went to CA to mine for gold
-they set up mining towns
War of 1812
-The British didn't think Americans had any rights at sea
-Neither side one the war
-The British burned the White House and the Capitol
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