People
Transportation
Places
Miscellaneous
100
This team of two men explored the land west of the Mississippi River.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
100
In 1869 this linked the eastern United States to the West.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
100
This is the city in which the Wright Brothers flew their longest flight.
What is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
100
A graphic source that shows when events occurred.
What is a time line?
200
She is a Native American translator and peacemaker who traveled with Lewis and Clark during part of their exploration.
Who was Sacagawea?
200
A form of transportation that can go into outer space.
What is a rocket, a satellite, or a space shuttle?
200
The city in which Henry Ford started making cars.
What is Detroit, Michigan?
200
This is what people in the United States wanted to do in order to become wealthier.
What is going west?
300
In 1885 and 1886 these German inventors built the first gasoline-powered cars.
Who were Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler?
300
In 1842 this is how settlers traveled on trails as they moved West.
What are covered wagons pulled by oxen?
300
This is another name for Detroit, Michigan.
What is Motor City?
300
This is how Lewis and Clark traveled over the Rocky Mountains.
What is on foot and on horseback?
400
In 1903 these brothers flew the first airplane.
Who were Orville and Wilbur Wright?
400
The name of the mountain range that seemed to separate the eastern United States from the western side.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
400
Their trip across America caused new communities to spring up all over the Western United States.
What is Lewis and Clark?
500
A President who wanted to make the United States safer and richer.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
It took 6 months for settlers to travel on this journey.
What is the Oregon Trail?
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