Going West
What were the pioneers traveling on?
The Oregon Trail
What was invented in the story Mr. Fulton's Journey?
A Steamboat
What were the boy and his dad riding on while traveling?
5 bonus points if you can describe what a flatboat is.
A flatboat.
Bonus: A flat boat is a flat surface that carries cargo up and down the Erie Canal, the flatboats were pulled by animals on the side of the canal.(Answers may vary)
What was the tribe that Sequoyah created the written language for?
The Cherokee tribe
Who did the trail of tears happen to?
The Native Americans.
(We read about the Cherokee so answers may vary.)
What did the Moore family travel in on the Oregon Trail?
A covered wagon.
Was Fulton's voyage a success?
Yes!
Where were the boy and his dad going?
Bonus 5 points: Who was waiting for them there?
They were traveling to Buffalo.
Bonus: The boy's mom and sister.
What did he call the letters that he saw the soldiers passing to each other?
Talking leaves
He declared the Indian Removal Act and was the president at the time.
Andrew Jackson.
What animals were pulling the wagon?
What was the name of the river the steamboat sailed on?
The Hudson River
The Erie canal went from _____ to _____
Fill in the blank.
Hint: They are cities in New York.
Albany to Buffalo.
What happened to the first language he had tried to write?
What were some of the obstacles and hardships the Native Americans faced?
Name three sights that they saw in the story.
EX; Buffalo, Chimney Rock, and Rocky Mountains.
Answers may vary.
It was fueled by coal or wood. It burned the coal and wood to create steam to power the engine.
Answers may vary.
What were some of the animals that would pull the flatboats on the sides of the canal?
Mules, horses, or oxen.
How many Syllables were in Sequoyah's written language?
Eighty Four Symbols
What was the name of the chief whose wife gave a child a blanket, and died shortly after?
What were 3 difficulties the Morgan's faced on the trip.
Their wagon broke, they lost their oxen, the weather was bad some times, they had to cook on a campfire, they had to cross a river, the father got sick, etc.
Answers may vary
What were the advantages and disadvantages of the steamboad?
Advantages: Cheaper, faster, did not depend on the weather, and it was more reliable.
Disadvantages: There had to be water, some cities were not connected by waterways.
What would happen when more cargo would get added on, and what would happen when cargo would get taken off?
How did Sequoyah prove to the chiefs that his written language worked?
He taught the language to his daughter Ayoka. When he brought her with him she would go out of the room, the chiefs would say something, Sequoyah would write it down. When Ayoka came back into the room she could read what was written. This is how they believed it worked. (Answers may vary)
The native Americans were moved from ____,____, and the ____ to live in _______.
Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas to live in Oklahoma.