America Moves West
Union Pacific and Central Pacific joined to form the
Transcontinental Railroad
What is a Keelboat?
The had sails that allowed them to go up and down stream
Who mainly worked on the railroad
Unfairly, the Chinese
What is a ranch
How long did it take people to reach the West without trains?
6+ months
Invented the first pair of blue jeans
Levi Strauss
The pony express was
a fast way of sending mail
How did people travel West before the railroad.
Covered wagon or horse
The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie with the
Hudson River
What year did the Pony Express begin
1860
The forced march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
Name of a place Andrew Jackson forced the Cherokee to move to
Reservations
A person who trains horses or guards cattle
Cowboy
1800
Who suggested the building of the Erie Canal?
Robert Fulton
Plains Native Americans got what they needed from this
Bison
The road people took West
Oregon Trail
Why did people rush to California
To find gold
Developed the steam boat
Robert Fulton
What does the word strike mean
Refusal to work
The Cherokee writing system was created by
Sequoyah
There are tales of him fighting a bear single handedly.
Jedediah Smith
What is a flatboat
No motors, or sails. Could only float downstream
Who was called the 49ers
Miners-- because so many of them went to Cali in 1849
What did Daniel Boone do
Helped make trails through the Appalachian Mountains