One reason people moved west was because land was cheap and _______________ which meant it was easy to grow crops.
What is FERTILE
100
Name the famous trail that starts with an "O" that people used to travel west before railroads were built.
What is The Oregon Trail
100
The time during westward expansion when people traveled west to find gold was called the Gold _________.
What is Rush
100
America got bigger during westward expansion. What is another word that means "get bigger"?
What is GROW OR EXPAND
100
This is the name of the main form of transportation that people used to move west.
What is a wagon
200
Logging was another reason people moved west. This involved cutting down ____________ to make log homes and later, railroad tracks. This was a way for people to make money.
What are trees
200
Name the famous trail that starts with an "S" that people used to travel west before railroads were built.
What is The Santa Fe Trail
200
What state did the gold rush take place?
What is California
200
Runaway slaves would runaway during this time so they were not caught.
What is the night time
200
What did we call the people who moved west (HINT: It is not 49ers)?
What are pioneers
300
People moved west so that they could build their own house or ___________.
What is farm
300
To travel from the east to the west it would normally take
a) about six weeks
b) about six months
What is about six months
300
What were the people called who went to California looking for gold?
What are The Forty Niners
300
Runaway slaves wanted ___________.
What is "freedom" OR "to be free"
300
Name another state besides California that is in the west
What is Oregon, Arizona, Washington, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas, etc.
400
People who had darker skin traveled west so that they could be free. These people were called _________________
What are Runaway Slaves
400
What state did the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail start in?
What is Missouri
400
What year did the gold rush start?
What is 1849
400
One reason America got crowded and needed to expand was because people moved to America from THIS continent.
What Europe
400
What was the belief that America should expand and that growth was good for the country.
What is MANIFEST DESTINY
500
Another reason people moved west was so they could find _____________ and become rich!
What is GOLD
500
One reason people moved west was because an invention called the _________________ made it easy to move between different bodies of water. This invention was like an elevator in the water
What is a canal
500
The gold rush lasted for several
A) Years
B) Months
What is
A) Years
500
What group of people lived in the west before the pioneers moved west?
What are Native Americans
500
Describe the topography (what the land looked like) of the Great Plains in 2 ways