26. Settler families of 10 or more lived in log cabins, with a single room.
27. The forced relocation of Native Americans was the policy of the US for over ___100 years.
28. The Mississippi River stretches 2302 miles, stretching from Minnesota to the gulf of mexico.
29. TRUE OR FALSE: The Mississippi River is the only way for the farmers in the West to sell their produce.
30. Once down the river, the flatboats are sold for , and the farmers walk miles home.
31. The new invention that transforms the Mississippi, the Midwest, & America is the .
32. The new invention can travel miles a day, times faster and can carry times the cargo of a raft.
33. The problem is that over 1/2 the early models .
34. The steamboat makes the America's economic powerhouse.
35. Over generations, America grew from a mile wide strip of colonies on the Eastern seaboard to a continental powerhouse.