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What was the road that took people West?
The Oregon Trail
Who created the Cherokee system of writing?
Sequoyah
Who drove cattle thousands of miles to railroad towns?
cowboys
Plains Native Americans got most of what they needed from _______.
bison
Who were the people that rushed to California during the Gold Rush?
'49ers
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What was the Pony Express?
A fast way to send mail
The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie to _________.
The Hudson River
What was the railroad called that extended from Omaha to Sacremento?
the transcontinental railroad
The forced march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma is called the ______.
Trail of Tears
What is the difference between keelboats and flatboats?
Keelboats have a sail
Where did the two railroads meet when the transcontinental railroad was completed?
Promontory Point, Utah
Who is the legendary man who hammered through a mountain so the railroad could pass through?
John Henry
Describe some different ways that people could have moved West.
What did Sequoyah call the letters that American soldiers used to communicate with each other?
"talking leaves"
Why did the Pony Express only last a year and a half?
It was replaced by the telegraph, which was even faster.
Which railroad company started in Omaha, NE and headed West?
The Union Pacific
Which railroad company started in Sacramento, CA and headed East?
The Central Pacific
How did the gold rush change California?
It brought thousands of American settlers and immigrants to California, and many new businesses became successful.
Where did the Pony Express start and end?
St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA
Which state had the most cattle ranches in the 1860s?
Texas
What was the name of the man who discovered gold in California and where did he find it?
James Marshall, in the river of John Sutter's Sawmill
Why did businessmen make more money than the gold miners during the gold rush?
Miners needed to buy the businessmen's food or clothing or housing to survive.
Immigrants from _____ and _____ worked on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Germany and Ireland
What was one of the Great Plains Native American tribes?
Sioux or Comanche