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What type of wagon was known for being heavy and sturdy with large white canvas tops?

• Covered Wagon

• Prairie Schooner

• Conestoga Wagon

• Stagecoach

What was the primary mode of transportation for settlers moving west?

• Wagon Trains

• Stage Coaches

• Railroads

• Canals

What was the main function of stage coaches?

• To serve as mobile homes

• To provide emergency services

• To carry people and mail between towns

• To transport goods across the country

During the mid-1800s, what did the government offer to Native Americans who agreed to move?

• Free education

• Payment or new lands

• Military protection

• Citizenship

Approximately how many Cherokee died during the Trail of Tears?

• 1/2

• 1/10

• 1/4

• 1/3

Where was gold discovered in North Carolina?

• Outer Banks

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Southern Piedmont

What did the NC Gold Rush bring to North Carolina?

• Increase in population

• Decrease in population

• brought more manufacturing

• nothing

What was the role of steam engines in North Carolina during the gold rush?

• Used only for transportation

• Used in gold mining and other industries

• Not used at all

• Used only for electricity generation

The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to ____.

• Present-day Oklahoma

• Mississippi

• Mexico

• Present-day Texas

Indian Removal Act signed into law by Andrew Jackson:

• The Cherokee were forced to march 800 miles to the Indian Territory

• Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force

• U.S. land in what is now Oklahoma - and planned to move Native Americans there.

• In 1830, authorizing the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.