Vocabulary
Chimney Rock and the Mississippi River are ___________ that many people saw along the Oregon Trail.
sights
Why did settlers want to move westward?
New opportunities and new land to settle
What did Robert Fulton invent?
The Steamboat
Which group of Native Americans did Sequoyah live with?
The Cherokee
What group was forced to move to "Indian Territory" during the Trail of Tears?
The Cherokee
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The students worked hard to ___________ a new work of art from the cardboard box.
create
What was the name of the famous trail that many pioneers took to Oregon?
The Oregon Trail
Where was the first steamboat used in the United States?
The Hudson River
Why did Sequoyah think it was important to invent a writing system for the Cherokee language?
To share and preserve the Cherokee language.
What president led the relocation of the Cherokee to "Indian Territory"?
Andrew Jackson
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The Erie Canal opened up a new way to travel and __________ goods.
transport
What was the main form of transportation westward?
covered wagons
Name one disadvantage of steamboat travel during westward expansion.
There had to be water and some cities did not have rivers between them.
What did Sequoyah's tribe think of his idea at first?
They didn't believe in it. They thought he was crazy and that it wouldn't work.
What state did the Cherokee live in before they were relocated and what state were they forced to relocate to?
They lived and were settled in Georgia and they were relocated to "Indian Territory" which is present-day Oklahoma.
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The explorers set off on a long _________ to find new lands.
voyage
What did they call it when wagons were grouped together?
Wagon train
Who was Robert Fulton's business partner when building the steamboat?
Robert Livingston
What did the Cherokee people call Sequoyah's writing?
Talking Leaves
Name three things the governement promised The Cherokee that they did not follow through with.
Wagons, oxen/horses, food, supplies, money
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The Cherokee _____________ many difficult problems on the Trail of Tears.
encountered
What difficulties did families moving westward face? Name 3.
lack of supplies, illnesses, wagons breaking down, weather conditions, etc.
Name three advantages of the steamboat
How did Sequoyah prove that his reading and writing system worked?
He taught his daughter, Ayoka, how to read and write and then went to the chiefs to show them. They sent one of them out at a time, and then when they came back in they would translate what was written down.
It was a sad and grueling forced move of the Cherokee people from their settled land to "Indian Territory". The trip was long, hard, and many died along the way deeming it the "Trail of Tears".