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Inventions
Oregon Trail
Native Americans
Miscellaneous
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

Why were covered wagons called Prairie Schooners?

The canvas covers on the wagons looked like ship sails from a distance as they moved across the prairie.

200
Native American who invented Cherokee Writing
Sequoyah
200

What was the name of the railroad that ran across the USA, built by Chinese and Irish immigrants?

The Intercontinental railroad

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

What was the name of the waterway that connected the Hudson river to the Great lakes so people could transport goods?

The Erie Canal

300
A region or area of land.
territory
400
What was Sequoyah's significant invention?
Cherokee writing
400

What kinds of hardships did the families face as they traveled the Oregon trail? Name 2

Hostile Indians, poor weather conditions, no roads, lack of food and supplies.

400
Name for the forced march of Native Americans from their homes by the U.S. government.
Trail of Tears
400

Why were flat boats used in canals?

They were wider and could hold more people and freight.

400

What is another name for a covered wagon?

A prairie schooner

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

What is another name for buffalo?

Bison