Category 1
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific joined together to form the ______.
transcontinental railroad
A person who trains horses and guards cattle is called a ______.
cowboy
The road that took people west was called the ______.
Oregon Trail
Plains Native Americans got most of what they needed from ______.
bison
is a machine that relays messages over long distances by sending signals through wires.
Telegraph
a building where logs are cut so they can be used to build things.
Sawmill
is a set of letters or symbols and rules for how to use them.
System of Writing
Robert Fulton developed the ______.
steamboat
The Pony Express was ______.
a fast way of sending mail
People rushed to California because ______.
they wanted to find gold
a riverboat with sails.
Keelboat
The Cherokee writing system was created by ______.
Sequoyah
were lines of wagons traveling west in the United States in the 1800s.
Wagon Train
The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie with the ______.
Hudson River
The forced march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma is called the ______.
Trail of Tears