CKLA 2nd Domain 7 Lesson 7

Open Ended

What are some ways people traveled westward during the 1800s in the United States?

Open Ended

Why were people like Robert Fulton continually being innovative and designing new means of transportation?

Open Ended

Why did three businessmen decide to start the Pony Express venture?

Multiple Choice

What was an overland way to send mail from Missouri to California?

• Stagecoach Service
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Pony Express

Multiple Choice

Who carried the mail on the Pony Express?

• Stagecoach drivers
• Pony Express riders
• Bus drivers

Multiple Choice

How did the pony riders travel the route from Missouri to California?

• They used horses.

• They walked the entire route.

• They traveled by train.

Multiple Choice

What special characteristics did the horses chosen for the Pony Express need?

• Fast and have endurance

• Large and heavy-built
• Slow and easily frightened

Open Ended

Was the route for the Pony Express riders hazardous or safe? Why?

Open Ended

How was mail carried along the Pony Express? Did one rider carry the mail the whole way?

Multiple Choice

Why was the Pony Express only used for eighteen months?

• Due to the completion of the transcontinental telegraph.

• Due to a lack of riders.

• Because of bad weather conditions.

​The Pony Express only lasted eighteen months before the telegraph made it easier, cheaper, safer, and faster to communicate from coast to coast. Why do you think people still remember and talk about the Pony Express, even though it existed for such a short time?

Multiple Choice

Even though his legs were tired, Derek pushed on to finish the race.

• That shows endurance.

• That does not show endurance.

Multiple Choice

Francis slept in on Saturday because he wasn’t feeling well.

• That shows endurance.

• That does not show endurance.

Multiple Choice

Lewis and Clark kept going even when they could not find an all-water route to the West Coast

• That shows endurance.

• That does not show endurance.

Multiple Choice

Kay waited for her puppy to rest at the bottom of the hill before continuing on their walk.

• That shows endurance.

• That does not show endurance.