Transportation
I am known for designing a better steamboat.
Robert Fulton
I am the route between Missouri and the Oregon Territory that was traveled by settlers moving west.
the Oregon Trail
Identify the main topic of the Trail of Tears read-aloud.
The forced relocation of the Cherokee people.
I am a long journey, especially by sea.
Voyage
Many Native Americans traveled on me from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
Trail of Tears
Explain how mules and other animals were important on the Erie Canal.
They towed/pulled the flatboats.
Name 3 hardships that a family traveling west in a wagon train might face.
broken wagon; lost oxen; the weather was sometimes bad; they had to cross wide rivers; people got sick; they often had to walk
The Cherokee were forced to relocate here.
Indian Territory
People who first settled in new areas of the frontier.
Pioneers
A line of wagons traveling together.
a wagon train
Name at least two reasons why people preferred to travel by steamboat.
People realized that steamboats were faster, much cheaper, and much more reliable than other types of transportation.
I am the waterway that was built to connect the Hudson River and the Great Lakes.
the Erie Canal
I insisted that the Cherokee abandon their homes and businesses and move from their lands.
President Andrew Jackson
A waterway used to move things from place to place using boats.
canal
I am the animal that the Lakota considered their source of life.
Bison/buffalo
Explain how the transcontinental railroad was important to westward expansion.
Trains were a faster, cheaper, more convenient way for people to move west; there was more interaction between the east and the west.
I am the overland route between Missouri and California created to send mail on horseback from the East Coast to the West Coast.
the Pony Express
Name 3 adjectives you could use to describe the Cherokee’s forced relocation.
miserable, cold, difficult, sad, etc
A nickname given to the first trains/locomotives.
The "iron horse"
Explain how the Native Americans felt about westward expansion.
They were not happy due to forced relocation; white settlers taking their land; white settlers killing the bison that they needed to survive for sport, etc.
Name at least 3 forms of transportation that pioneers used to travel from the East Coast to the West.
horses, covered wagons, steamboats, trains
I am the railroad that connects the East Coast and West Coast of the United States
The Transcontinental Railroad
The journey of the Cherokee was known as the Trail of Tears because _______________.
Many people died; there was terrible suffering; it was an extremely sad time for the Cherokee; etc.
Goods like crops, coal, or wood that is moved on boats or trains.
freight
Explain why the bison were important to the Lakota Sioux.
The Lakota depended on bison meat for food and bison skins for leather and clothing.