Key Terms
The People
Rollin' on the River
15 miles on the Erie Canal
Misc.
100
The formal name of roads, or dirt paths heading west in the early 1800's.
What are wagon roads?
100
The first group of white settlers on the frontier.
What are hunters?
100
Most westward river travel occurred on this type of boat, which could even be used when the river was low.
What is a flat boat?
100
The Erie Canal connected Buffalo to which other New York State city?
What is Albany?
100
The main animal trapped by mountain men.
What is beaver?
200
The edge of settlement
What is the Frontier?
200
Method of payment used by frontier farmers.
What is bartering/trading the goods that they had available. Rarely/never used cash.
200
What is the main difference between a river and a canal?
Rivers are not man made
200
How did the engineers of the Erie canal overcome changes in elevation?
They built in locks.
200
The main crop of frontier farmers.
What is corn?
300
The area beyond the frontier.
What is Indian Territory?
300
Men that went west into the Rockies, mainly to trap beaver.
What are mountain men?
300
Name one advantage to traveling west by river.
Cheaper, faster, could travel when the river was low if using a flat boat
300
When the canal was first built, how did boats travel through the canal?
Pulled by horses
300
The first state to form west of the Mississippi River.
What is Missouri?
400
The most comfortable, and luxurious, way to travel west. Often served hot meals, and had benches that turned into beds.
What is a canal boat?
400
"Remember the Alamo" was the battle cry of settlers from this newly added U.S. state.
What is Texas?
400
Name one disadvantage to traveling west by river.
Open decks, no protection from bad weather, had to be next to animals, rapids/rocky water
400
The Erie canal connected the Great Lakes to this New York State river.
What is the Hudson?
400
Most western villages included one of these, a place to grind flour and grain.
What is a gristmill?
500
Summer meeting place for mountain men to deliver their furs.
What is rendezvous?
500
Jedidiah Smith, a famous mountain man, faced a life threatening attack by this type of animal. (Be specific!)
What is a grizzly bear?
500
The main material used in the construction of flatboats
What is wood?
500
The title of the category is deceiving! The Erie Canal is actually this many miles long.
What is 363
500
Specific name of wagon roads that were covered with logs. Name was based on a textured fabric...
What are Corduroy Roads?
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