System of messengers that carried mail between relay stations on a route 2,000 miles long.

• Pony Express

• Telegraph

• Stagecoach

• U.S. Postal Service

Pony Express mail delivery service was a great success until this invention took its place.

• Telephone

• Telegraph

• Stagecoach

• Snapgram Messages

Journey to explore the northwest United States after the Louisiana Purchase.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Oregon Trail

• Texas Annexation

• Lewis & Clark Expedition

• Morrill Act

A 10 million dollar purchase that included the southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico

• Gadsden Purchase

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Texas Annexation

• Lewis & Clark Expedition

• Morrill Act

A treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and gave the United States most of Mexico’s northern territory

• Gadsden Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Texas Annexation Treaty

• Homestead Treaty

• Morrill Treaty

Act that gave government-owned land to the states, with the understanding the land would be sold to finance colleges.

• Gadsden Act

• Act of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Texas Annexation Act

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

The incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States as the 28th state

• Gadsden Purchase

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Texas Annexation

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

Name given to Plains farmers who worked hard to break up the region’s tough sod.

• Mountain Men

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Mormons

• Sodbusters

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• Mountain Men

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Mormons

• Sodbusters

Men hired by eastern companies to trap animals for fur in the Rocky Mountains.

• Mountain Men

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Mormons

• Sodbusters