Santa Fe Trail
This man is called the father of the Santa Fe Trail
William Becknell
What was the purpose of the Oregon-California
To move people
What vision did the United States have
A westward expansion
What did the Indians do when they found the families
Traded with them, helped them
What vocabulary word was activate of buying or selling on a large scale
commerce
The Santa Fe Trail ran between these two cities
Kansas City to Santa Fe
How many miles was the journey
2,000 miles
What did land represent for many Americans
Opportunities and potential wealth
What is one of the great cultural myths about the trails
That travelers were frequently attacked by Indians
A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses
entrepreneurs
The Santa Fe Trail became popular with this group of business minded individuals
Entrepreneurs
Name two things that they had to bring along with them
Flour, sugar, salt, coffee, bacon
How many people moved west
More than 4 million people
What are two homelands that the Santa Fe Trail passed through
Osage, Kansa, Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapho, and Plains Apache
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of food
rationed
This man, a former slave, had become wealthy from making wagons to take along the Santa Fe Trail
Hiram Young
When did they start the journey on the trail and why
Early May or late April so that they would arrive before winter
What was manifest destiny
Span from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or to take the freedom of the west
What misunderstanding occurred that disrupted the lives of the Indians
Trail traffic
The vision of a western expansion
Manifest Destiny
Prior to the discovery of a wagon route for travelers from Kansas City to Santa Fe, this mode of transportation was commonly used
Pack Mules
How big was the wagon box
4 by 10 feet
When did the westward expansion start
The 1800s
What was the encounter between the Indians and the emigrants like
Peaceful
Having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.
Synonymous