1) What is the frontier?  a) an old western movie b) an area previously unexplored c) the name of a horse d) the name of a steamship 2) Cowboys often trained 'X' and guarded "Y". a) X = cattle, Y = horses b) X = dogs, Y = farm animals c) X = horses, Y = cattle d) X = horses, Y = horses 3) What was the road that took settlers west called? a) the Oregon Trail b) the Oregon Path c) the Trail of Tears d) the Gold Rush 4) How did most people travel west in the beginning? a) on foot b) their car c) the Transcontinental Railroad d) horse drawn covered wagons 5) Why was there a mad rush to get to California? a) People wanted to see the beach. b) The weather was better there. c) It had the best farming lands. d) The wanted to find gold. 6) What was the fastest way to send mail as people began to move out west? a) FedEx b) United States Postal Service c) the Pony Express d) Panda Express 7) What are canals? a) man-made waterways b) rivers c) a type of fruit d) an animal 8) What connects the Hudson River with Lake Eerie? a) Hudson Canal b) Eerie Canal c) Connecting Canal d) the ocean 9) What did Robert Fulton invent? a) the telegraph b) the telephone c) the paddleboat d) the steamboat 10) What did Sequoyah create for the Cherokee community? a) a new language b) a new dance c) a new writing system d) a new song 11) The Trail of Tears was the forced march of the Cherokee people to Oklahoma. a) True b) False 12) Plains Native Americans got most of what they need from sheep. a) True b) False 13) The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific joined together to form the Transcontinental Railroad. a) True b) False 14) What is the nickname given to the train? a) iron sides b) iron horse c) horse drawn d) iron wagon

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