People
Who came to America to make tents, but ended up inventing blue jeans to provide tough pants for prospectors
Levi Strauss
What direction were pioneers headed?
West
What is the name of the movement of thousands of Cherokee people from their homeland?
The Trail of Tears
The nickname for the railroad trains?
Iron Horse
What did settlers travel in?
Covered wagons
Who was the Cherokee leader that developed a system of writing for his people?
Sequoyah
What is the name of the path the settlers took to move west?
The Oregon Trail
What was the name of the mail carrying system that hired young, skinny orphans?
The Pony Express
What do we call people who go to a place that had not been explored yet?
Pioneers
What form of transportation came together in Promontory Utah?
The transcontinental weekend
Who was the President that ordered the Cherokee off their land with the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
What is the name of the large area of flat land in the middle of the country?
The Great Plains
What is the name of the event that caused thousands of people to flock to California to get rich?
The California Gold rush
What is a man made waterway
Canal
What are three difficulties the settlers had while traveling on the Oregon Trail?
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Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Where did people rush to try to "get rich quick" in 1848?
California
The Pony Express only lasted a year and a half. What invention made the Pony Express unnecessary?
The telegraph
What do we call a group of covered wagons traveling together?
Wagon train
How did flatboats move on the Erie Canal?
They were pulled by mules on the bank of the canal
Who was the businessman who made millions selling tools to prospectors during the gold rush?
Sam Brannon
What is the name of the man made waterway that goes across New York State?
The Erie Canal
What is one reason so many people decided to pack up their belongings and head west?
They wanted to own their own land, they wanted more space, they wanted a fresh start, they had a sense of adventure
What animal was important to the Native Americans of the Great Plains?
The buffalo or bison
Why did wagon trains wait until spring grass to start their journey
They needed grass to feed their animals, and they needed to travel the 6 months before winter