MO History

In 1803, President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for how much $$$?

Did Missouri have more soldiers fight for the Union (North) or the Confederacy (South)

The North and the South were fighting about what?

Who did Thomas Jefferson send to explore the new land after the Louisiana Purchase?

What is the name of the trail that people used to move out west?

Who won the Civil War?

Congress came up with the ___________. Missouri would be admitted as a slave state and Maine would be admitted as a free state.

The first residents of Missouri were the...

Who was a famous scientist and inventor who helped farmers and came up with lots of ways to use peanuts?

How many southern states left or seceded from the United States?

Who was a famous author who wrote their books under a fake name. They wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

The Missouri Territory requested to join the United States as a ________ state in 1818.

When the Civil War began, Missouri was considered a “border state”. What does “border state” mean?

The Pony Express created to ___________ ___________ faster.

Robert de la Salle claimed a large piece of land for France. What did he call the piece of land?

Who were the first explorers to reach Missouri?

Who was a famous artist whose paintings showed ordinary people doing regular things

Who is a famous author who wrote the Little House on the Prairie series of books

The Oregon Trail journey lasted about _____ months.