Westward on the Oregon Trail

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.