What are rail lines that cross the country?
What is little rainfall over a long period of time?
What is a mixture of grass and dirt often used to build houses on the prairies?
What is a settlement set up by a religious group?
What are roads built to connect each state?
Who invented the steel plow?
Who is the popular American writer who described life along the Mississippi River?
Who explored the Mississippi River?
Who is the "Father" of Chicago?
Who searched for a water route from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean?
What form of transportation can cross the country in almost any weather?
What invention caused St. Louis to turn into a bustling city?
How did steamboats affect the city of St. Louis?
What made Cahokia and St. Louis such good places for trade?
Why was the interstate highway system built?
What invention made farming in the Midwest much easier?
How did the invention of the steel plow help farmers in the Midwest?
How did the invention of the transcontinental railroad affect transportation?
How did the invention of the steamboats affect the city of St. Louis?
What did the steamboat carry?
What was one goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
What was another goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
What were the 2 main types of houses built in the Midwest?
How did a family decide which type of house they were going to build?
What made Cahokia and St. Louis such good places for trade?
transcontinental railroad
drought
sod
mission
interstate highway system
John Deere
Mark Twain
Jacques Marquette
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable
Meriwether Lewis
transcontinental railroad
steamboat
It grew because of increased transportation and shipping.
They were close to the junction of 3 rivers which were used for shipping goods.
To connect the states so that people and freight could move more easily.
steel plow
It stayed clean as it plowed the soil, so they didn't have to stop and clean the blade every few furrows.
We could now cross the entire country in almost any weather.
It increased shipping and transportation which caused the city to grow.
tons of cargo and hundreds of passengers
find a westward flowing river into the Pacific Ocean
expand fur trade
log cabins and sod houses
If there were trees on their land, they built log cabins. If they lived on a prairie, they built sod houses.
They were close to the junction of 3 rivers which were used for shipping goods.
