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20 Cards in this Set
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Daniel Boone explored a trail through the ___ ____
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Appalachian Mountains
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Robert Fulton invented the ....
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steamboat
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Robert Fulton's steamboat was called the.....
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Claremont
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The Erie Canal connected Lake ____ with the ____ River
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Erie
Hudson |
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The Pony Express was.....
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a mail service on the backs of fast horses.
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The Pony Express ran from ___ to ____,
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Missouri
California |
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The riders for the Pony Express had certain qualities. They were .....
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good riders
small brave |
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The Pony Express lasted for ___ months
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18
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The road that took people west was called the ___ ____
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Oregon Trail
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The wagon that carried the westward travelers was called the....
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prairie schooner
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The prairie schooner got its name because they looked like....
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sail moving across the prairie sea of grass.
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Reasons people headed west were....
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to find gold
to hunt to farm fertile soil to get away from overcrowding for adventure |
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The transcontinental railroad was important because....
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it cut travel time to the West Coast from months to days.
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The Cherokee peole were taught to read and write by...
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Sequoyah.
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The person that created the Cherokee alphabet was...
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Sequoyah
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the animal that supplied most of the needs of the Plains Indians was the...
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buffalo
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The march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma is called the ___ ___ ___
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Trail of Tears
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The Trail of Tears was over ____ miles long.
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800
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The Cherokee people were forced to move to .....
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Oklahoma
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One reason many died on the Trail of Tears was that there was little....
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food
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