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Westward on the Oregon Trail

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pioneers : Are the people who first settled in new areas of the frontier called pioneers?

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Settled: Does the word settle mean to move to a new place and make it your home?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Wagon Train: Is a wagon train a train that carries wagons?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Did pioneer families who traveled the Oregon Trail in wagon trains have an easy trip?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Was Robert Fulton the inventor of the steamboat?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

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?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Is the Pony Express still used today to deliver mail in the United States?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What was Sequoyah's important invention?

a)

Flatboats

b)

Steamboats

c)

The Pony Express

d)

The Cherokee Alphabet

9.

Why did many pioneer families choose to move to the West in the 1800s?

a)

They were tired of living in the east.

b)

They moved to get more land and have a better life.

c)

They were forced to move by walking beside their wagons.

10.

Why was the Pony Express no longer import means of communication?

a)

It was replaced by faster and better forms of communication, such as the telegraph.

b)

People were allergic to horses.

c)

People in the west decided not get mail anymore from the east.