1. The land west of the Cumberland Gap is controlled by , , and . . & his men cut through the Cumberland Gap.

3. of Boone's men die settling Kentucky.

4. Land hunger becomes a , even for the government.

5. Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from .

6. The Rockies are separate mountain ranges.

7. Lewis & Clark discover over species of wildlife.

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

9. Jed Smith is successful because he works with .

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

11. Settlers can walk up to a day, for up to months straight.

12. Families save for years to join the exodus.

13. A wagon & oxen cost a minimum of in today's money.

14. Americans will die on the journey west, graves for every mile.

15. The settlers needed to clear the mountain passes before , or the

consequences would be terrifying.

16. Donner found a shortcut that would shave off the journey, a savings of .

17. Instead, the shortcut added .

18. The Donner Party is stranded for . It takes only to eat all the food.

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19. Christmas 1846 -- The Donner party eat their first .

20. TRUE OR FALSE: No one from the Donner party survived.

21. The Mexican empire stretches from to Guatemala.

22. The Battle of the Alamo showed America was willing to to expand West.

23. In , gold is discovered in a California river.

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

25. Less than out of got rich from the gold rush, except for the merchants.

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

27. The forced relocation of Native Americans was the policy of the US for over years.

28. The Mississippi River stretches miles, stretching from Minnesota to .

29. TRUE OR FALSE: The Mississippi River is the only way for the farmers in the West to sell their produce.

30. Once down the river, the flatboats are sold for , and the farmers walk miles home.

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

32. The new invention can travel miles a day, times faster and can carry times the cargo of a

raft.

33. The problem is that over 1/2 the early models .

34. The steamboat makes the America's economic powerhouse.

35. Over generations, America grew from a mile wide strip of colonies on the Eastern seaboard to a

continental powerhouse.

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