Santa Fe trail
This man is called the father of Santa Fe trail...
William Becknell
The Oregon-California trail was different than the Santa Fe trail, why...
Purpose was to move people rather than freight
True or False- Were travelers mostly attacked by Indians...
False, if they ever ran into the Indians they cooperated with each other
Politicians wanted to see U.S span from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean...
Manifest Destiny
Entrepreneurs
A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater then normal finacial risks
The Santa Fe trail ran between these two cities...
Kansas City & Santa Fe
How long did it take emigrants to travel...
Four to six months
The Santa Fe trail passed through the homelands and hunting ground of...
Osage, Kansa, Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Plains Apache
What did the Americans take pride in...
They took pride in the form of government and saw it as synonymous with freedom
Rationed
Allow each person to only have a fixed amount
The Santa Fe trail became popular with this group of business minded individuals...
Entrepreneurs
Whats the most common way that the people died along the trail...
Poor sanitation, disease, and accidental gunshot wounds
What disrupted the lives of the Indians...
Trail traffic
Where did the Americans find their opportunities lay...
In the west, where land was cheap
Sanitation
Relating to public health, provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal
This man, a former slave, had become wealthy from making wagons to take along the Santa Fe trail...
Hirman Young
How much did the wagon box measure...
4 by 10 ft.
How did the Indians help the travelers...
The Indians would help by pulling stuck wagons and rounding up loose cattle
What did land represent to Americans...
Opportunities and potential wealth
Manifest destiny
Belief that the expansion of the U.S through the american continents were both justified and inevitable
Prior to the discovery of the wagon route for travelers from Kansas City to Santa Fe, this mode of transportation was commonly used...
Pack Mules
How much did the emigrants, including children, have to walk...
Around 2,000 miles
What determined prices of supplies...
If supplies were plentiful then prices were set lower than if an item was in short supply.
How did manifest destiny affect the Indians...
The Indians were killed and pushed out of the west by the Americans
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