Westward Expansion Test

The famous route that the pioneers took west was the

• Oregon Trail

• Ohio Trail

• Dusty Trail

• Stairway to Heaven

The Transcontinental Railroad was built to connect the

• East to the West

• Canada to Mexico

• Maine to Florida

• Dorothy to Kansas

What canal was dug to connect the Hudson River to Lake Erie?

• Erie Canal

• Ear Canal

• Grand Canyon

• Bryce Canyon

What was the Pony Express?

• A way to get mail to the West

• A horse race

• A way to deliver ponies to kids quickly

• A brand name

The Pony Express was ended by the invention of the

• telegraph

• teleporter

• telephone

• tell a friend

Another name for the train on the Transcontinental Railroad was

• Iron Horse

• Old Smokey

• Bullseye

• Silver

Robert Fulton invented the

• steamboat

• Fulton flusher

• sliced bread

• locomotive

The walk the Cherokee Indians took when they were forced to move west was called

• Trail of Tears

• The long and winding road

• Trail of breadcrumbs

• treasure hunt

Sequoyah invented

• The Cherokee Alphabet

• The Abacus

• Alphabet soup

• Alphabet cereal

Name two dangers the pioneers faced as they were moving west

• weather, lack of water

• mosquitos, buzzards

• rabid squirrels, feral cats

• low hanging branches, quick sand