23 Questions
What was a major challenge faced by travelers on the Oregon Trail?
Lack of food and water
What is the term for money paid for using a road?
Toll
How long did it take for two railroad companies to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
Multiple years
What was the primary reason people wanted to move West in the United States?
Because the land was rich for farming
Who were the first people to build an airplane that actually flew in the air?
The Wright Brothers
What is the term for people who move from one country to live in a different country?
Immigrants
What is the first thing that many immigrants saw when they arrived in America?
The Statue of Liberty
Who invented the device that sends and receives signals through a thin wire?
Samuel Morse
What is the term for a wild region that forms the edge of a settled area?
Frontier
Who created the first device that sent human voices through wires?
Alexander Graham Bell
What is the term for scientific knowledge about how things work?
Science
How many acres of land did the Homestead Act give to people?
160 acres
What was the term for the rush of people to California in 1848 to find gold?
The Gold Rush
Who invented a way to communicate without wires?
Guglielmo Marconi
What is the term for something that is made for the very first time?
Invention
What type of signals travel through the air?
Radio signals
What was the term for the Act that kept people out of a certain place?
Exclusion Act
What was the primary mode of transportation used by Native Americans?
Canoes and foot
Which ocean did Lewis and Clark reach on their journey?
Pacific Ocean
Who helped Lewis and Clark on their journey?
A Native American woman named Sacagawea
What was constructed when rivers could not be used for travel?
Waterways
What was the name of the president who hired Lewis and Clark?
Thomas Jefferson
How did many people travel West for safety?
As part of a wagon train
Take this quiz to test your knowledge on the early days of travel in America, from Native American methods to explorers from Spain and the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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