Transportation
I am known for designing a better steamboat.
Robert Fulton
I am the route between Missouri and the Oregon Territory that was traveled by settlers moving west.
the Oregon Trail
What was called the trail of tears?
The forced march of the Cherokee from their homes to what was called “Indian Territory” by the U.S. government.
I am a long journey, especially by sea.
Voyage
Did Sequoyah think it was important to capture the Cherokee language in writing?
Yes
Explain how mules and other animals were important on the Erie Canal.
They towed/pulled the flatboats.
Name 3 hardships that a family traveling west in a wagon train might face.
broken wagon; lost oxen; the weather was sometimes bad; they had to cross wide rivers; people got sick; they often had to walk
The Cherokee were forced to relocate here.
Indian Territory
People who first settled in new areas of the frontier.
Pioneers
What was Sequoyah’s significant invention?
Cherokee syllabary, an 85-symbol writing system for the Cherokee language
Name at least two reasons why people preferred to travel by steamboat.
People realized that steamboats were faster, much cheaper, and much more reliable than other types of transportation.
I am the waterway that was built to connect the Hudson River and the Great Lakes.
the Erie Canal
I insisted that the Cherokee abandon their homes and businesses and move from their lands.
President Andrew Jackson
A waterway used to move things from place to place using boats.
canal
Why would westward expansion be considered a hardship? Give 3 examples why.
They lost their land when settlers moved west.
Many Native Americans were forced to move far away from their homes.
They did not have enough food, and their way of life changed.
Many people got sick or were hurt.
Explain how the transcontinental railroad was important to westward expansion.
Trains were a faster, cheaper, more convenient way for people to move west; there was more interaction between the east and the west.
I am the overland route between Missouri and California created to send mail on horseback from the East Coast to the West Coast.
the Pony Express
Name 3 adjectives you could use to describe the Cherokee’s forced relocation.
miserable, cold, difficult, sad, etc
A nickname given to the first trains/locomotives.
The "iron horse"
Explain how the Native Americans felt about westward expansion.
They were not happy due to forced relocation, settlers taking their land & killing the bison that they needed to survive for sport, etc.
Name at least 3 forms of transportation that pioneers used to travel from the East Coast to the West.
horses, covered wagons, steamboats, trains
I am the railroad that connects the East Coast and West Coast of the United States
The Transcontinental Railroad
The journey of the Cherokee was known as the Trail of Tears because _______________.
Many people died; there was terrible suffering; it was an extremely sad time for the Cherokee; etc.
Goods like crops, coal, or wood that is moved on boats or trains.
freight
Why is the Pony Express no longer an important means of communication?
A new invention replaced it, the telegraph