Westward Expansion

The famous route the pioneers took west was the_________.

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

• The Erie Trail

The transcontinental railroad was built to connect the _______.

• North to South

• East to West

• East to North

What canal was built to connect Hudson River to Lake Erie?

• Erie Canal

• Hudson Canal

• New York Canal

The Pony Express was ended by the invention of the ___________.

• car

• telegraph

• email

Another name for a train on the Transcontinental Railroad was ________.

• Copper Train

• Old Steamy

• Iron Horse

Sequoyah invented the ________.

• Cherokee Alphabet

• the steamboat

• the railroad

What were some of the dangers that pioneers faced as they were moving west?

• Rocky Mountains

• weather

• dragons

• unfriendly Native Americans

• bad water

Robert Fulton invented the ________.

• steam engine

• wagon

• telegraph

The walk the Cherokee Indians took as they were forced to move west was called ________.

• Long Walk West

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

What land purchase doubled the size of the United States?

• Georgia Purchase

• Virginia Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase