Americans Move West

Who traveled to California hoping to sell tents made of a denim fabric, but instead made denim pants for miners?

• Settlers

• Daniel Boone

• Levi Strauss

• James Marshall

The Pony Express was the fastest way to send ____

• newspaper

• mail

• farming supplies

• a pony

Many settlers who moved out west kept cattle on ____.

• ranches

• mountains

• the lake

• near the river

The Cherokee were forced to march many miles without resting and many people died along the way. The Cherokee called this march ___

• Trail of many steps

• Oregon Trail

• Cries Long Time

• Trail of Tears

What did Sequoyah create?

• sign language

• Indoor plumbing

• a system of writing

• a way to get away from the army

The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the _____ and _____

• Lake Erie

  Orgeon Trail

• Orgeon Trail

  Hudson River

• Missouri

  Sacramento

• Hudson River

  Lake Erie

Settlers moved west to find new land. Some settlers traveled by river using ___ and ___.

• rowboats

  steamboats

• Flatboats

  Keelboats

• canoes

  rafts

• covered wagons

  horses

Who was the man who found a route through the Rocky Mountains?

• Robert Fulton

• Crazy Horse

• James Marshall

• Jedediah Smith

The road that took people west was called ___

• The Long Walk Trail

• The Trail of Tears

• The Oregon Trail

• The Pony Express

What did James Marshall discover?

• California

• a route through the mountain

• gold

• Native Americans