Slavery
The practice of owning another person like property
Slavery
These were used for transportation to visit river cities.
Steamboats
This sent messages across electric wires.
Telegraph
These were long, thick nails used to keep the rails to the ties.
spikes
What is the capital of Nebraska?
Lincoln
The side that was against Slavery
North
Who was the first governor of the Nebraska Territory? He only lasted 2 days & was from South Carolina.
Francis Burt
Riders in this company used horses to deliver mail across the west. It lasted from 1860-1861.
Pony Express
This part of the tracks is the part the rail sits on.
Railroad Ties
What is the Capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
The two sides that fought in the Civil War
North & South
These brought supplies to the railroad companies.
Trains
Pony Express riders could travel _____ to ______ miles a day.
50-100
These people did not want the railroad.
Native Americans
This is the city where government officials meet. Spell it correctly.
Capital
Civil War
These places helped travelers fix their wagons, rest, get supplies, etc.
Road Ranches
This helped Slaves escape slave states in the South to the North into free states.
Underground Railroad
All groups answer. Tell me a way the railroad improved travel.
Safer, Take more stuff, travel at night, faster, etc.
This is the building where government officials meet. Spell it.
Capitol
What years was the Civil war fought in?
1861-1865
These banks printed their own money causing inflation causing it to be worthless.
Wildcat Banks
This man created the code that was used to help people communicate with the Telegraph.
Samuel Morse
Which Native American group served as scouts for the railroad workers?
Pawnee
Name the two railroad companies.
Union Pacific & Central Pacific