Going West by Land and Water
What where the people called that moved west?
Settlers
What was the road that took people west?
Oregon Trail
What did the Pony Express delievered what?
Mail by Horse
Who trained horses?
Cowboys
Who created the written language of the Native Americans?
Sequoyah
What did settlers use to get across the river?
Flatboats and Keelboats
The food, water, clothing that the settlers took with them to survive is call, what?
Supplies
People rushed to California for, what?
Gold
A bucking bronco, is a?
Untrained horse.
What animal provide most of what the Native Americans ate?
Bison
Robert Fulton was the creator of the, what?
Steamboat
The forced march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma is called the, what?
Trail of Tears
What did they start building in Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California?
The transcontinental railroad.
Where was Pecos Bill born?
East Texas
The forced march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma is called the, what?
Trails of Tears
What two bodies of water connect the Hudson River?
The Erie Canal and Lake Erie.
How long did it take people to travel the Oregon Trail?
6 months
Why did immigrants come from other countries?
To work on the railroad.
What is another word for cows?
Cattle
Why did Sequoyah create a written language?
To be able to communicate with settlers
It took workers 7 years to make what canal?
The Erie Canal.
What season did settlers wait to travel the Oregon Trail?
Spring
How did could you travel from New York to California, if you didn't want to ride a horse?
The transcontinental railroad.
Place to train horses
Who went to the Cherokee chief and council?
Sequoyah and his daughter, Ahyoka.