Important People
I created the steamboat.
Robert Fulton
A boat that runs on a steam engine.
Steamboat
This was the trail settlers traveled to get to Oregon from the East.
The Oregon Trail
Indians and settlers would ride these animals into battle, to hunt, or for travel.
This indian tribe was affected when buffalo were being hunted.
Lakota
This machine runs on a steam engine, and was nicknamed "iron horse".
locomotive
This was the trail the Cherokee people were forced to travel to get to Indian Territory.
The Trail of Tears
These animals were brought along the journey from East to West because it could help start a farm.
Cows/Cattle
I created the Cherokee writing system.
Sequoyah
This system was made so the Cherokee language would not be forgotten.
Cherokee writing system
This was a man made waterway connecting the Great Lakes to the Hudson River.
These animals live in the Great Plains, and Indians would hunt them to survive.
Bison/Buffalo
We were the Indian tribe forced from our lands to travel on the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee
This was a faster method of moving mail from East to West, but only lasted 18 months.
The Pony Express
This was a route that small messenger men on horses traveled to deliver mail faster.
The Pony Express
These animals could attack traveling settlers on their way to Oregon.
Wolves
I was a business partner in Robert Fulton's creation of the steamboat.
Robert Livingston
This invention was the reason the Pony Express was discontinued.
Telegraph
This was built by two companies to allow locomotives to travel from East to West faster, cheaper, and more comfortably.
The Transcontinental Railroad
This animal would pull flatboats along on the Erie Canal.
Oxen