Westward Expansion

I am the overland route between Missouri and California created to SEND MAIL on horseback from the East Coast to the West Coast. What am I called?

• the Oregon Trail

• Transcontinental Railroad

• the Pony Express

I am the nickname given to the first trains in America. What am I called?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• "Iron Horse"

• choo choo train

• trains

I am the animal that the Lakota considered their source of life. What am I?

• horses

• steamboats

• bison

• trains

I am the route between Missouri and Oregon Territory that was traveled by settlers moving west. What am I called?

• the Pony Express

• Transcontinental Railroad

• journey

• The Oregon Trail

We are the 4 types of transportation that pioneers used to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast. What are we?

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• planes

• trains

• covered wagons

• steamboats

• horses

I am the railroad that connects the East Coast and the West Coast of the United States. What am I?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• the Pony Express

• covered wagons

• the Oregon Trail

What problems did westward expansion cause for Native Americans?

• They had no food.

• They were cold.

• They had to relocate and leave their homes.

What was Sequoyah's invention?

• The Pony Express

• The Erie Canal

• Cherokee writing

Robert Fulton was the inventor of:

• A superior steamboat

• The covered wagon

• The Pony Express

• the telegraph

The forced march of the Cherokee from their homes to what was called "Indian Territory" by the U.S. government is known as the...

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears