Oregon Trail
How many months did it take travel to the Pacific Coast on the Oregon Trail?
six
What was the mail system that used a horse and rider to deliver mail?
Pony Express
What kind of fabric did Levi Strauss use to make pants that were strong?
denim
What was the name of the steamboat Robert Fulton built?
The Clermont
This word means unsettled land
Frontier
Who was a mountain man who explored a route through the Rocky Mountains.
Jedediah Smith
What is the name of the device that soon replaced the Pony Express because it was faster?
The Telegraph
What did James Marshall find in a river?
gold
What two bodies of water does the Erie Canal connect?
Lake Erie and the Hudson River
What mountains blocked Americans from going farther west?
Appalachian Mountains
What were lines of wagons traveling west in the United States in the 1800s called?
Wagon Trains
What are people called who make a living exchanging and selling animal skin called?
Fur Traders
Where did many people move in search of gold to start businesses and get rich?
California
What kind of boat is The Clermont?
What coast did settlers leave to find new land?
The East Coast
The road that took people west was called the _______________ ____________.
Oregon Trail
11 years old the youngest Pony Express rider
True or False: A keel boat uses Steam to work?
False Steamboats do
True or False: Keel Boats are riverboats with Sails
True
These boats have flat bottoms and square corners
Flatboats