Native Americans
What animal did the Native Americans depend on for food, clothing, tents and tools?
What is the buffalo?
What was another name for the train?
What is the Iron Horse?
Name on reason pioneers headed west?
What is they wanted farmland, seek gold, adventure, get away from the growing population?
What was the Pony Express?
What is a man-made river called?
What did Sequoyah invent?
What is the Cherokee alphabet?
The railroad connected the United States in which directions?
What is the west and the east?
Why could pioneers only take what was most important to them in their covered wagons?
What is there was not a lot of room in the wagon and life essentials were more important?
What invention ended the Pony Express?
What is the telgraph?
The Erie Canal is in what state?
What is New York?
What was the path called that the Cherokee took when they were forced to their homeland to live on a reservation?
What is the Trail of Tears?
The railroads invaded the lifestyles of what people?
Who are the Native Americans?
Name 3 dangers pioneers faced along the Oregon Trail.
What is severe weather, crossing mountains/rivers, sickness and unfriendly Native Americans?
What were some of the requirements to be a Pony Express rider?
What is young, thin, expert riders, orphans, willing to risk danger?
Who invented the steamboat?
Who is Robert Fulton?
The Trail of Tears started in the 18-- what?
What is 1830's?
What are 2 disadvantages of the railroad?
The Oregon Trail stretched between what 2 places?
About how long did the Pony Express last?
What is 1 year?
The Erie Canal was dug to connect what two bodies of water?
The Trail of Tears started in what state and ended in what state?
What is Georgia and Oklahoma?
What were 3 advantages of the railroad?
What is it was faster, more comfortable, easier, people could leave anytime, they could take more, increased trade and communication?
President Jefferson purchased land west of the Mississippi River that doubled the size of America. What was that area called?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
How heavy could the mailbags be?
What is up to 20 pounds?
What mountains did the Erie Canal go through?
What are the Appalachians?