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WorksheetsWestward on the Oregon Trail
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Pioneers : Are the people who first settled in new areas of the frontier called pioneers?
true
false
Settled: Does the word settle mean to move to a new place and make it your home?
True
False
Wagon Train: Is a wagon train a train that carries wagons?
True
False
Did pioneer families who traveled the Oregon Trail in wagon trains have an easy trip?
True
False
Was Robert Fulton the inventor of the steamboat?
True
False
Was the Trail of Tears the forced march of the Cherokee from their homes to what was called the "Indian Territory" by the U.S. government?
True
False
Is the Pony Express still used today to deliver mail in the United States?
True
False
What was Sequoyah's important invention?
Flatboats
Steamboats
The Pony Express
The Cherokee Alphabet
Why did many pioneer families choose to move to the West in the 1800s?
They were tired of living in the east.
They moved to get more land and have a better life.
They were forced to move by walking beside their wagons.
Why was the Pony Express no longer import means of communication?
It was replaced by faster and better forms of communication, such as the telegraph.
People were allergic to horses.
People in the west decided not get mail anymore from the east.
