Getting Around
This is a waterway dug by people.
Canal
This is an area of land that includes a house and buildings.
Homestead
This is when many people come to an area in search of gold.
Gold Rush
This is a person who moves from one country to settle in a different country.
Immigrant
This means to keep on or extend.
Continue
This is a group of covered wagons that travel together for safety.
Wagon Train
This is a region that forms at the edge of a settled area.
Frontier
This is relating to matters of money.
Financial
This means keeping people out of a place.
Exclusion
This is an outline, plan, or details.
Design
This is money paid for using a road.
Toll
What happened because the Wilderness Road was created?
Thousands of settlers and explorers moved west.
What happened in 1848?
Why did immigrants come to North America?
To start new lives.
This means across the continent.
Transcontinental
This was invented in 1804.
The steam engine.
People settled western lands, adding new states.
What happened in 1849?
The California Gold Rush began.
What three countries did the first settlers come from?
England, Spain, and France
Why were canals needed?
Rivers could be dangerous.
How did the Native Americans travel before the Europeans arrived?
This is an item that something is made of, such as stone, wood, grass, or mud.
Material
What professional football team is named after a gold rush?
The San Francisco 49ers.
Immigration from China stopped for 10 years.
What were two famous roads on which wagons traveled?
Oregon Trail and the National Road.