Vocabulary
A flat or rolling land covered with tall grasses
Prairie
To group similar things together
Classify
Why did pioneers travel along the Oregon Trail?
They wanted to find better farmland and gold
Where is the Statue of Liberty located?
New York City
Which President wanted to end slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
Diary
Someone who comes to live in a new country
Immigrant
True or False: There were no issues with Native Americans while traveling on the Oregon Trail
False
What was the name of the immigration center that all immigrants had to pass through after coming to America?
Ellis Island
True or False: Life was so much better for African Americans in the north
True
A statement in which a person swears to tell the truth
Oath
The war between the northern and southern states
The Civil War
Name 2 hardships that the pioneers faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail
Snow, rain, mud, death, sickness, etc.
Why did immigrants come to America?
Financial reasons, religious freedom, war, etc.
Who was the African American leader who helped fight for Civil Rights in the 1950s and 1960s?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Movement of people from one part of the country to another
Migration
The movement north of African Americans in the early 1900s
Many wagon trains left from this area
Independence, Missouri
The name of the run-down apartments that immigrants had to live in after coming to America
Tenements
1861-1865
People who are among the first to explore and settle an area not known to them
Telling people what life was like in the past
Oral History
How many miles did the wagon trains travel?
2,000 miles
Name two other cities that immigrants came to besides New York
Boston and San Francisco
Name one of the cities that African Americans moved to during the Great Migration
Chicago, Detriot, New York, Philadelphia