Going West
Mr. Fulton's Journey
Erie Canal
Sequoyah
The Trail of Tears
100

An outdoor fire used for warmth or cooking, usually when camping.

Campfire

100

To create the plans for something.

Design

100

To haul or pull along behind.

Tow

100

 To make or produce something; to cause something new to exist.

Create

100

Involuntary or not done by one's own choice. 

Forced

200

Things or places seen. 

Sights 

200

A trip.

Journey

200

To carry or move from one place to another.

Transport

200

A way of doing or thinking about something.

Approach

200

Demanded or said something firmly

Insisted

300

Moved to a place and made it your home.

Settled

300

A long journey or trip, especially by sea.

Voyage

300

Goods that are moved from one place to another by ship, train, truck, wagon, or airplane.

Goods that are moved from one place to another by ship, train, truck, wagon, or airplane.

300

Decided after a period of thought or observation.

Concluded

300

To move a home, people or animals from one place to another place.

Relocate

400

Sympathy

Feeling sorry about someone else’s trouble or misfortune.

400

Inventor

A person who invents or creates a new product.

400

Flatboat

A cargo boat with a flat bottom for use in shallow water.

400

Interacting

Talking or doing things with other people.

400

Miserable

Causing extreme discomfort or unhappiness.

500

Wagon Train

A line or caravan of wagons traveling together.

500

Steamboats

Boats that are powered by steam.

500

Erie Canal

A 363-mile-long, man-made waterway created during the early 1800s to join the Hudson River to Lake Erie in New York State.

500

Generations

All people who are about the same age and live during the same time.

500

Encountered

Unexpectedly met with or came upon something.