Steamboat
What was the boat powered by?
steam
What is one type of transportation that would travel on the canal?
flatboat
How did families travel on the oregon trail?
wagon
buffalo/bison
What is the pony express?
a) mailmen traveling by horse
b) mailmen traveling by train
c) mailmen traveling by steamboat
a) tavel by horse
Who invented the steamboat?
a) The Cherokee
b) The Lakoda Suix
c) Robert Fulton
c) Robert Fulton
Why were the canals built in the 1800's?
a)connect cities that had no rivers for travel
b) so there was clean drinking water
c)to push logs down the stream
a) To travel to cities that had no rivers and to transport goods faster.
List 3 things families took on their wagon.
1) food
2) clothing
3) tools
4) weapons
5) furniture
The name of the trail that the Native Americans traveled when they were forced to move.
What is an "iron horse"?
a) a horse as strong as metal
b) a train
c) a steamboat
b)
List 2 reason why steamboats were important.
Safer
Faster
Cheaper
Carry more cargo
List 1 reason how a flatboat is different from a steamboat?
- slower
- powered by steam vs powered by animals and oars
- one carries more than another
List 2 challenges families faces when traveling to the west.
Bad weather, little food, dust, ruts in the road, heat.
Which president forced the Native Americans to move to the "Indian Territory"?
*bonus 100 points: how much money did he offer?
a) John Adams
b) Andrew Jackson
c) Thomas Jefferson
b) Andrew Jackson
*5 million dollars
True or false
The pony express is used today to deliver mail
false
What is a downside of the steamboat?
All the cities were not connected by natural waterways.
Needed water to travel
Which canal helped taveling wesward?
the Erie Canal
What is a scout?
The person who goes ahead to get information about what lies ahead on the trail.
What was Sequoyah known for creating?
A written language for his tribe
Which mode of transportation is the slowest?
a) train
b) steamboat
c) wagon
This the the manmade water way built to connect the Hudson River and the Great Lakes.
The Eerie Canal
The year the Erie Canal opened:
a) 1807
b) 1821
c) 1825
1825
Why did families make they move out to the west?
Families moved out west because __________________
They moved out west because they had hopes to have a better life with more land and their own farm.
It affected the Native Americans because __________________________________
Less food to hunt
Less land to live
How were tunnels built through the mountains for the transcontinental railroad?
Blast stone with dynamite, then men would shaped the stone.