Trails
The earliest trail used mainly for trade and moving cattle
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
These Native Americans fought with the United States for their land in Florida
Who are the Seminoles?
He cleared a path through Cumberland Gap
Who is Daniel Boone?
What is the Homestead Act?
What is the telegraph?
The starting point of the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, and the California Trail
What is Independence, Missouri?
The victors in the Battle of the Alamo
They explored the West and reached the Pacific Ocean
Who are Lewis and Clark?
The nickname of the men who rushed to California in search of gold
Who are the 49ers?
This form of transportation made traveling from coast to coast quicker
What is the railroad?
The main reason people followed the California Trail
What is the Indian Removal Act?
She was an interpreter for Lewis and Clark's expedition
Who is Sacagawea?
This president purchased the Louisiana Territory
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the Pony Express?
The trail Native Americans were forced from their homes to travel west, on which they were mistreated by white settlers and suffered from starvation and exhaustion
What is the Trail of Tears?
This president supported the Indian Removal Act
Who is Andrew Jackson?
He was the Mexican leader at the Alamo
Who is General Santa Anna?
This president sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition out west
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The invention that replaced the Pony Express for better communication
What is the telegraph?
The length of the Oregon Trail
What is 2,000 miles?
The war that resulted in the Seminoles retreating into the Everglades
What is the Third Seminole War?
He was a Mormon leader seeking religious freedom
Who is Brigham Young?
The term first used by John L. O'Sullivan to describe the belief that the U.S. should extend from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast?
What is Manifest Destiny?
A law signed by Abraham Lincoln that provided government assistance to build the first continental railroad
What is the Pacific Railroad Act?