Vocabulary
A word for a long trip or journey, sometimes at sea.
Voyage
What is the name given to the forced movement of the Cherokee people from their homeland?
The Trail of Tears
What is the name we give to those who moved west to a place they haven't been?
Pioneers
What is the name given to the path settlers took on their way west?
The Oregon Trail
Give 2 reasons why people wanted to move west
Answers vary: more space, free land, freedom to choose a life
What does the word "endurance" mean?
The strength to do something for a long time
What was the mail delivery system that had young riders on horseback going across the west?
The Pony Express
Who is the Cherokee leader who developed a written language for his people?
Sequoyah
What man-made waterway connects the Great Lakes to the Hudson River?
The Erie Canal
What are 3 forms of transportation that existed during the westward expansion?
What is a word that means to move from one place to another?
Transport
What happened in 1849 to cause even more people to rush to the west?
The Gold Rush: Gold was found in California
Who developed a steamboat that could carry people and cargo quickly and comfortably on the Hudson River?
Robert Fulton
What do we call a large group of pioneers moving west together?
A wagon train
Name 3 hardships or difficulties that pioneers may have experienced on their journey west.
bad weather, broken wagon, loss of animals, river crossings, difficult terrain, sickness
What is a word that refers to a region or area of land, usually not settled yet
Territory
What happened in Promontory, Utah in 1869 that helped connect the east and the west?
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Who was the United States President that ordered the movement of the Cherokee People from their homeland?
Andrew Jackson
What is the nickname given to steam trains?
Iron Horse
Why did the Pony express only last a year and a half?
The invention of the telegraph
What is a word that means to make something new or different?
Create
Name one thing that helped make travel on water easier and faster.
The invention of the steamboat and the creation of canals (Erie Canal)
What is the name we give to those who went to California to find gold in 1849?
49ers
What animal existed in huge herds all through the west?
Buffalo
What are two uses that the Native Americans had for the bison (buffalo)
meat to eat, skins for leather and clothing, bones for tools