Vocab
A) territory
B) hardships
C) pioneers
B) hardships
The way we get from one place to another is called the ____________.
A) canal
B) wagon train
C) route
C) route
"Iron Horse" is a nickname given to the horses used for the ________________.
A) Oregon Trail
B) Erie Canal
C) Pony Express
C) Pony Express
The forced march of the Cherokee from their homes to what was called “Indian Territory” by the U.S. government is known as the _____________.
A) Trail of Tears
B) silk roads
C) Erie Canal
A) Trail of Tears
Different ways of getting from place to place are called ______________.
A) transportation
B) territory
C) settled
A) transportation
A ___________ is a trip or a journey.
A) create
B) endurance
C) voyage
C) voyage
Pioneer families had it easy as they traveled the __________ in a wagon trains.
A) Pony Express
B) Oregon Trail
C) Erie Canal
B) Oregon Trail
The Pony Express is still used today to deliver mail.
A) true
B) false
B) false
People who first settled in new areas of the frontier are called _____________.
A) privateers
B) pioneers
C) settled
B) pioneers
When something is _____________ it requires a lot of effort or trouble.
A) convenient
B) endurance
C) create
A) convenient
_________ thought it was important to capture the Cherokee language in writing.
A) Sequoyah
B) Robert Fulton
C) James Madison
A) Sequoyah
What was Sequoyah's significant invention?
A) Cherokee writing
B) Steam Boat
C) Pony Express
A) Cherokee writing
To move to a new place and make it your home means to get ____________.
A) territory
B) pioneers
C) settled
C) settled
Having the strength to do something for a long time is called _____________.
A) voyage
B) convenient
C) endurance
C) endurance
______________ was the inventor of a superior steamboat.
A) James Madison
B) Sequoyah
C) Robert Fulton
C) Robert Fulton
Steamboats, the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad were important because _______________.
A) they made it easy to harvest crops
B) they made it easier to transport goods and get from place to place
C) they helped inventors get more money
B) they made it easier to transport goods and get from place to place
A region or area of land is called a _____________.
A) pioneers
B) territory
C) settled
B) territory
Objects or structures on land that are easy to recognize are called _____________.
A) canal
B) wagon train
C) landmarks
C) landmarks
Many pioneers families moved to the West for a better life and more ___________.
A) grocery stores
B) land
C) parks
B) land
A nickname for the steam locomotive was ________________.
A) Old Ironsides
B) Iron Horse
C) Iron Man
B) Iron Horse