Westward Expansion

What invention helped railroads to communicate?

• Telegraph

• Cell Phones

• Billboards

• Walkie Talkies

What government grant gave 160 acres of land to pioneers to farm for 5 years?

• New Land Act
• Homestead Act
• Free Land Act
• Welcome Home Act

Many settlers moved to the western frontier and beyond. Which term best describes this group of people?

• merchants

• pioneers

• patroons

• soldiers

What technologies made it easier for pioneers to settle the West?

• Steamships and Railroads

• Airplanes

• Submarines

• Automobiles

I am the land route between Missouri and California created to SEND MAIL on horseback from the East Coast to the West Coast. What am I called?

• the Oregon Trail

• Transcontinental Railroad

• the Pony Express

We are the 4 types of transportation that pioneers used to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast. What are we?

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• planes

• trains

• covered wagons

• steamboats

• horses

I am the railroad that connects the East Coast and the West Coast of the United States. What am I?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• the Pony Express

• covered wagons

What were benefits of the Transcontinental Railroad for the pioneers?

• cheaper and faster

• it would break down a lot

• slower

• more expensive

Boats that are powered by steam.

• steamboat
• flat boat

The Pony Express is still used today to deliver mail in the U.S.

• true

• false