People
This man developed the steamboat.
Robert Fulton
Where did the Oregon trail begin?
Independence Missouri
The march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma is called...
The Trail of Tears
This is the belief that the United States should control all the land between the oceans.
Manifest Destiny
Many wagons all in a row moving West were called...
Wagon Trains
This man was president when the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson
The canal made in New York to connect Lake Erie with the Hudson River during Westward Expansion was called...
The Erie Canal
People rushing to California in 1848-1849 was called...
The California Gold Rush
The were boats that had a wide, flat bottom and could not sail against the current.
Flatboats
The railroad created to run across the United States was called...
The Transcontinental Railroad
This man was a well known pioneer who was born in Pennsylvania.
Daniel Boone
What is the name of the current state where the Native Americans were sent during the trail of tears?
Oklahoma
The creation of a faster mail service on horseback in 1860-1861 was called...
The Pony Express
This is the name for people who moved West during the time of Westward Expansion.
Pioneers
This is the invention that uses morse code to send a message more quickly than sending a letter.
The Telegraph
Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from this Frenchman.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Daniel Boone explored a trail through which mountains?
Appalachian Mountains
This is the time in history that the United States grew to twice its size due to people quickly spreading West.
Westward Expansion
This is the name for land not yet explored.
Frontier
The animal that supplied most of the needs of the Plains Indians was the...
Buffalo
The Cherokee people were taught to read and write by...
Sequoyah
Where did the gold rush take place?
California
This event was purchasing land from the French to control the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River.
The Louisiana Purchase
A person who trains horses and herds cattle is a...
Cowboy/cowgirl
This kind of boat moved more quickly and could sail against the current due to new technology.
The Steamboat