People
This person created writing symbols for his native Cherokee language.
Sequoyah
Things or places seen or worth seeing.
Sights or Voyage
sights
Where does the Oregon trail end?
Oregon
What was the first transcontinental railroad in the United States?
A railroad system that went from East to West in the United States.
Nickname given to a locomotive train.
Wagon train or Iron horse
Iron Horse
Inventor of the BEST steamboat design.
Robert Fulton
A trip from one place to another.
Journey or Relocate
Journey
The pioneer family in our reading traveled to Oregon and stopped on their way in Nebraska to see which landmark?
Chimney Rock
How did people travel on the Oregon Trail?
Covered Wagons
This is a line or caravan of wagons.
Wagon Train
The president who insisted that Native Americans move west to "Indian Territory"
Andrew Jackson
To carry or move from one place to another.
Scout or Transport
Transport
What is the trail called where the Cherokee people were forced to walk hundreds of miles to relocate in Oklahoma?
The Trail of Tears
This waterway was made to transport goods faster by boats and to be able to travel to cities with no rivers.
What was the Pony Express?
A way to send mail from Missouri to California by horseback.
The name of the Native American Tribe that was forced to go on the Trail of Tears and relocate to Oklahoma.
Cherokee
Met someone or something unexpectedly.
Relocate or Encountered
Encountered
What was the Pony Express station used for?
It was a place for Pony Express riders to get a fresh horse.
Name 3 reasons steamboats were a good way for people to go West.
1. Faster 2. Cheaper 3. More room
4. Safer
What are bison?
Bison are large, shaggy animals, also known as buffalo.
These are the settlers who headed for a new life out west.
Pioneers
A waterway used to move things from place to place.
Canal or Steamship
Canal
Name some of the dangers pioneers encountered on the Oregon Trail.
Storms, wild animals, Native Americans, broken wagon wheels, sickness.
Flatboats on the Erie Canal were pulled by what animals?
mules, oxen, and horses
Is the Pony Express still used today to deliver mail in the United States?
No.