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What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the country?
Doubled its size
Where was the new land that most Americans wanted to move to?
west
People who moved and settled in the west were called what?
Pioneers
A wagon train is a group of what?
Covered wagons
What did Robert Fulton invent to help settlers travel up and down rivers faster?
Steamboat
Name the 300-mile long canal that was built to connect the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
Which trail took pioneers 6 months to reach the far west?
Oregon Trail
About how long was the trail from Missouri to Oregon?
2,000 miles long
What was the name of the mail delivery system that started in Missouri and went all the way to California?
Pony Express
How soon did the Pony Express promise to deliver mail?
10 days
What was the nickname for the steam-powered train?
Iron Horse
Name the railroad that went across the continental united states.
Transcontinental Railroad
Which immigrants left their countries to help build the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese and Irish
Who were the people who lived in the land before settlers arrived in the west?
American Indians
Who created a system of writing for the Cherokee people?
Sequoya
Where did Sequoya get the idea to create the writing system for the Cherokee?
US Army
Name the big shaggy animal that was very important to the Plains Indians.
Buffalo
Who ordered the Cherokee to leave their land?
President Andrew Jackson
How far did the Cherokee have to march to get to Oklahoma?
more than 800 miles
Why was the journey called the Trail of Tears?
Many people died