Vocabulary
how you move people or things from one place to another
What is transportation?
the way we get from one place to another
I was a Native American who killed a bison and acted very solemn about it
Who was Running Fox?
It took pioneer families about this long on the Oregon Trail
What is six months?
a nickname for the first trains in America
What is the "iron horse"?
a region or area of land is called this
What is a territory?
having strength to do something for a long time is called this
What is endurance?
I thought it was important to capture the Cherokee language in writing
the person who would ride ahead of families in covered wagons to check on things ahead
What is a scout?
three businessmen came up with this idea for quicker way to deliver mail
What is the Pony Express?
difficult situation that causes discomfort or suffering
What is a hardship?
a trip or journey
this was a problem that westward expansion caused for Native Americans
What is having to move, dying bison because of pioneers, disease, etc.
difficulties that families faced as they traveled Oregon Trail
What is getting stuck in ruts, crossing dangerous rivers, leaving behind possessions, hail storms, exhaustion, etc.
this went all the way across the entire country
What is the transcontinental railroad?
to move to a new place and make it your home
What is to settle?
when something does NOT require a lot of effort or trouble it is this
What is convenient?
when Cherokee people were forced to walk hundreds of miles, and many people died
What was the Trail of Tears?
the reason pioneers went on the Oregon Trail
What is to have their own land, adventure, etc.?
Robert Fulton invented me
What is a steamboat?
a waterway used to move things from place to place
What is a canal?
the side of something that is opposite of the front
What is the back?
I helped my father to convince the council of the Cherokee people something
Who was Seqouyah's daughter?
animals that pioneers brought on their travels
What are oxen, horses, sheep, cows, etc.?
I am the tribe of Native Americans that Chief Red Cloud and Running Fox were part of
What is the Lakota tribe?