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Oregon Trail
Native Americans
15 miles on the...
Vocabulary
100
Nickname for locomotives or trains
iron horse
100
The name for people who first settled in new areas of the frontier
pioneers
100
Name two reasons bison were important to the Native Americans?
main source of food, clothing, shelter and tools
100
A water way used to move things from place to place
canal
100
to move to a place and make it your home.
settle
200
What three inventions made traveling and transporting easier?
Steamboats, trains, Erie Canal (pony express)
200
Easy to recognize structures settlers saw on the Oregon trail such as chimney rock and Fort Laramie are called
Landmarks
200
Native American who invented Cherokee Writing
Sequoyah
200
A trip or journey
voyage
200
A different way to get from one place to another.
route
300
What did Robert Fulton invent?
Steamboat
300
Name for groups of wagons that settlers traveled in.
Wagon trains
300
Name for the tribe of Native American's that were living in Western Territories.
Cherokee
300
A way to carry or move from one place to another.
transportation
300
A region or area of land.
territory
400
What was Sequoyah's significant invention?
Cherokee writing
400
Difficult situations that caused discomfort and suffering such as sickness and bad weather.
Hardships
400
Name for the forced march of Native Americans from their homes by the U.S. government.
Trail of Tears
400
goods that were moved on flat boats from one place to another.
freight
400
Having the strength to do something for a long time.
endurance
500
What invention marked the end of the pony express?
Telegraph
500
Why did people move to the west in the 1800s?
A better way of life, their own farmland, more room.
500
What problems did westward expansion cause for Native Americans?
Took their land, moved them to different territory, killed their food sources, built trains through their land.
500
The Erie Canal flows between which two bodies of water.
Hudson River to Lake Erie
500
Something that makes things easier, suitable for your needs.
Convenient