Westward Expansion Quiz

I am the route between Missouri and the Oregon Territory that was traveled by settlers moving west. What am I called?

• bison

• "iron horse"

• The Oregon Trail

• steamboat trains

I am the overland route between Missouri and California created to send mail on horseback from the East Coast to the West Coast. What am I called?

• the Pony Express

• bison

• "iron horse"

• transcontinental railroad

I am the nickname given to the first trains in America. What am I called?

• transcontinental railroad

• bison

• "iron horse"

• steamboats

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

• bison

• the Pony Express

• "iron horse"

• transcontinental railroad

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

• horses

• covered wagons

• steamboats

• trains

I am the animal that the Lakota considered their source of life. What am I?

• cats

• bison

• squirrels

• dogs