Crossing the Continent

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Crossing the Continent
Westward Expansion
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• It was difficult to cross the CONTINENT in the
  1850s. The only choices were

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Stagecoach
Railroad
to take the RAILROAD to the Mississippi River and
then take a STAGECOACH out west
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Panama
SAIL to Central America and take a TRAIN across
PANAMA, followed by sailing to the Pacific
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sail around SOUTH AMERICA to the Pacific
South America
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2. Stagecoach- a HORSE-DRAWN wagon that traveled
in sections of a route
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3. The Pony EXPRESS began delivering MAIL from
Missouri to California in 10 days. People,
mostly young men on horses, transported mail in a
relay-style fashion.