Vocabulary
True or False
A wagon train is a train that carries wagons
FALSE
He was the inventor of the steamboat.
Robert Fulton
Three business men started this to deliver mail between Missouri and California faster.
The Pony Express
The most famous route used by settlers traveling west.
Oregon Trail
True or False
We still use the Pony Express to deliver mail today.
False
To carry/bring something from one place to another
transport
This man invented the written Cherokee language.
Sequoyah
Robert Fulton was the developer of this invention.
Steamboat
People who FIRST settled in new areas of the west were called....
Pioneers
This was the FORCED march of the Cherokee to new lands.
The Trail of Tears
Something that is close by or useful is...
example: Living close to your bus stop is ________
convenient
This man was Robert Fulton's business partner.
Robert Livingston
This waterway was built to connect the Hudson River and the Great Lakes.
The Erie Canal
This was the name of the railroad the linked the east and the west.
Transcontinental Railroad
A nickname of the first trains in America.
Iron Horse
Objects or structures on land that are easy to recognize are called....
Landmarks
This man was the President during the Trail of Tears.
Andrew Jackson
Sequoyah invented this.
A written system for the Cherokee language.
Name a problem that westward expansion caused for the Native Americans.
They were pushed off of their land by settlers, they hunted the bison for sport, which threatened the survival of the Native Americans, who depended on the bison.
A region or area of land is known as a .......
territory
Difficult situations that cause discomfort or suffering
Hardships
This Native American tribe depended on the bison to live.
Lakota Sioux
This invention replaced the Pony Express.
telegraph
Why did many families choose to move west during the 1800's?
They moved to get more land and to have a better life.
Why were the development of the Erie Canal, and the Transcontinental Railroad important during the time of westward expansion?
They all improved transportation, making it easier for people, freight, and mail to move west.