Initial Westward Travel
Americans moved __________, away from the east coast.
West
What was the mountain range that made moving beyond the original colonies so difficult?
Appalachian Mountains
What did the Pony Express do?
Deliver mail quickly
People who trained horses and guards cattle is a ______________.
Cowboys
Americans wanted to find ________________ out west.
New land
What are the flat grasslands in the middle of the country called?
The Great Plains
Riders on the pony express were normally very ___________.
young
What animal was very important to the Native Americans of the Great Plains?
Bison
Who was already living out west when the American settlers came in?
Native Americans
What was the trail called that took people out west?
Oregon Trail
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific came together to form the _______________.
Transcontinental Railroad
Who forced Native Americans to walk from South & North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia to Oklahoma?
Andrew Jackson
Who developed the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
People loaded up their belongings in _______________ to travel out west.
Wagons
The railroads were built by __________.
immigrants
The trail taken by Native Americans to Oklahoma was called the ___________.
Trail of Tears
The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie to ____________.
The Hudson River
Why did people rush to California in 1848-49?
To find gold
The Pony Express lasted for only a ___________ and a half.
year
The Cherokee writing system was created by ______________.
Sequoyah