The path that thousands of people took west in wagon trains was called the ________.
Oregon Trail
What river do you see pictured in red?
The Mississippi River
The animal that supplied most of the needs of the Plains Native Americans was the ______.
Buffalo
Settlers on the eastern part of the United States first had to cross the ______ on their journey west.
Appalachian Mountains
The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie with the _______.
Hudson River
The portable _________ was a common home for Plains Native Americans that they used to follow wildlife to hunt.
Teepee
The Pony Express was _________.
A faster way to send mail to people out west.
Robert Fulton developed the ___________.
Steamboat
The march of the Cherokee people from Georgia to Oklahoma is called the ________.
Trail of Tears
The Santa Fe Trail was a major ______ route that ended in Santa Fe.
Trade
The Erie Canal went west across what state?
New York
Sequoyah took almost ten years to create _____________ for the Cherokee people.
An alphabet for a written language.
The Pony Express went west from _______ to ________.
St. Joseph, MI
to
Sacramento, CA
________ had the idea to make the Erie Canal.
DeWitt Clinton
________ was a member of the Creek tribe that fought against white settlers in the southeastern part of the United States.
Osceola