Western Expansion

Who founded the Mormons?

• Joseph Smith

• Moses

• Henry Clay

• Ghandi

These people were some of the first explorers of the mountainous West.

• Mountain Men

• Pioneers

• Mormons

• Slaves

What was the 2,170 mile long journey from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon coast?

• The Oregon Trail

• The Santa Fe Trail

• The Cumberland Road

• The Wilderness Road

What was the road that was opened b y Daniel Boone?

• Wilderness Road

• Great Wagon Road

• Cumberland Road

• National Road

This railroad stretched from coast to coast and wasn't finished until 1869.

• Comstock Lode

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Yellowbrick Railroad

• Lincoln Continental Railroad

What is the name of a road that was built by private companies and featured a pole blocking the road?

• Turnpikes

• Corduroy Roads

• National Roads

• Wilderness Roads

Corduroy Roads were made out of what material?

• Logs

• Gravel

• Pavement

• Stones

This invention allowed for quicker transportation along rivers and canals.

• Steamboats

• Jetboats

• Wider Paddles

• Internal-Combustion engines

What did Henry Shreve design for shallow western rivers?

• Flat-bottomed Steamboat

• V-Bottomed Steamboats

• C-Bottomed Steamboats

• W-Bottomed Steamboats

This newly built canal spans nearly the entire length of New York.

• Erie canal

• Suez canal

• Panama canal

• The southern Gulf of Mexico canal