WorksheetsPony Express/Notes
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 17mins
What did the Pony Express deliver?
Telegraphs
Horses
Fresh fruit
Around how long was the route covered by the Pony Express?
900 miles
1900 miles
50 miles
100 miles
The easternmost point of the Pony Express was in what state?
Missouri
North Carolina
Maine
Ohio
What city in California did the Pony Express route end at?
Los Angeles
North Hollywood
San Francisco
Sacramento
Hundreds of Pony Express riders were killed while trying to deliver the mail.
True
False
What year did the Pony Express begin?
1960
1860
1912
1876
What new invention caused the Pony Express to become obsolete?
Automobile
Telephone
Telegraph
Around how long did it take for mail to travel along the entire Pony Express route?
three days
six days
9 days
1 month
How much was a Pony Express rider paid per month?
$25
$100
$500
$1,000
Pony Express riders were typically skinny teenagers who weighed less than 125 pounds.
True
False
Brands are used to
show ownership
steal cattle
keep count of cattle
create artwork
Gave 160 acres of western land to anyone who promised to farm for 5 years
Homestead Act
Freeland Act
Haymarket Act
Indian Removal Act
Which are had Sod houses and barbed wire fences ?
the mountains of the west
the open range
Great Plains
Native American Reservations
In order to settle the West the government broke its promise to
Homesteaders
Prospectors
Sod Busters
Native Americans
Why did many Native Americans not like the white settlers?
they killed their buffalo
they broke promises and treaties
they took their land
All of the above
