Westward Expansion Unit Assessment

The Union Pacific and Central Pacific joined together to form the ______.

• transcontinental railroad

• Erie Canal

• Oregon Trail

Robert Fulton developed the ______.

• railroad

• steamboat

• keelboat

The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie with the ______.

• Mississippi River

• Hudson River

• Rocky Mountains

People rushed to California because ______.

• the government said it would give away land

• towns in the East Coast were too crowded

• they wanted to find gold

The road that took people west was called the ______.

• Oregon Trail

• Rocky Mountains

• Pony Express

The Pony Express was ______.

• another name for cattle drives

• a fast way of sending mail

• what people called the railroad

A person who trains horses and guards cattle is called a ______.

• forty-niner

• settler

• cowboy

The Cherokee writing system was created by ______.

• Sequoyah

• Bronco Charlie

• Daniel Boone

Plains Native Americans got most of what they needed from ______.

• oxen

• bison

• cattle

The forced march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma is called the ______.

• Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Erie Canal