Inventions
This invention ended the Pony Express within one year.
telegraph
The ocean that is closest to California is known as?
the Pacific Ocean
What did Sequoyah call the pieces of paper that soldiers were using to communicate?
Talking leaves
The youngest Pony Express rider was known as?
Bronco Charlie
This is something that connects two bodies of water.
a canal
What is the name for the mountain range on the far west side of the United States?
Rock Mountains
The land many Native Americans lived on, before they were forced to move to Oklahoma, was known as what?
the Great Plains
The pony expressed promised to deliver mail in how many days?
10 days
*This is what the Union Pacific and Central Pacific joined together to form.
transcontinental railroad
What was the first obstacle or problem people faced when trying to head west?
the Appalachian Mountains
*What was the name of the forced march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma?
Trail of Tears
Most of the first settlers or pioneers traveled west by?
walking
*A business that became a fast way of sending mail is known as the
The Pony Express?
*What was the name of the road that took people west called?
Oregon Trail
*Who created the Cherokee writing system?
Sequoyah
*Why did people rush to California?
they wanted to find gold
*Robert Fulton developed this.
steamboat
*The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie with what river?
Hudson River
*Plains Native Americans got most of what they needed from what animal?
bison
*A person who trains horses and guards cattle is called?
Cowboy