Westward Expansion Quiz: 3/8/23

The pioneers had to take a long journey to reach their destination. A long journey is also known as a ____________.

• distance

• short trip

• voyage

________ are large, shaggy, mammals also known as buffalo.

• Cows

• Bison

• Oxen

________, a Cherokee, thought it was important to create a written language for the Cherokee people.

• Pocahontas

• Robert Fulton

• Sequoyah

The Cherokee were forced from their homes in the southeast to what was knows as "Indian Territory". This was called _____________.

• The Trail of Tears

• The Pony Express

• Crowders Mountain

Another name for the locomotives during the westward expansion period was called __________.

• voyage

• The Pony Express

• Iron Horse

__________ was a way mail was delivered back in the 1800's.

• Oregon Trail

• Transcontinental Railroad

• The Pony Express

The steamboat which was invented by ____________ used steam power and was much faster way of transportation.

• Robert Fulton

• Sequoyah

• California

The ___________________ stretched from the East Coast to the West Coast.

• Oregon Trail

• Iron Horse

• Transcontinental Railroad

The _________ was the trail used by pioneers to travel from Missouri to the Oregon Territory.

• Oregon Trail

• Mississippi River

• voyage

Most settlers traveling west had to cross the __________.

• Mississippi River

• Trail of Tears

• Rocky Mountains