Trails
This trail was all about the money... Buy, sell, trade... do it all again.
What is the Santa Fe Trail
The Year Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in California
What is 1848?
Founded by Joseph Smith, it is the religion that brought a new "apostolic church" focused on Gods message to the people on earth
What is Mormonism?
This was the Nickname of James K. Polk due to his firebrand rhetoric on the campaign trail
What is Napoleon of the Stump?
The whole purpose of the Trail
What is to make money?
From 1846-1847 over 4,000 settlers went from Illinois to Utah on this trail
What is the Mormon Trail?
1803 Many would argue it was the first step in Westward expansion
What is the The Louisiana Purchase
This man would lead the Mormons out of Illinois to a, "New Zion"
Who is Brigham Young?
This was the stated goal of the US and President Polk in the 1800's... no one could stand in our way
What is Manifest Destiny?
He is the founder of the Santa Fe Trail
Who was William Becknell?
From 1842-1848 less than 3,000 traveled this trail, GOLD changed all that
What is the California Trail?
He was Murdered in 1844 in Illinoise, just for being Mormon
Joseph Smith
The Mormon Trail was the ONLY trail of the 1800's not to start in this town
What is Independence, MO.?
This was the number of US President that James K. Polk was
what is the 11th?
This was the Number one animal to be traded for and brought back to Missouri
What is the Mule?
The "Trails" all followed this early mission by Lewis and Clark
What is the Corps of Discovery
From 1846 to 1848 this was the major war that was fought to prove Manifest Destiny in the South West
What is the Mexican American War
Although many thousand more would join, this is the original number of Mormons that journeyed the Mormon Trail
what is 4,600?
This is the number of terms James K Polk served as President of the US
What is 1?
Found by accident, this was the shorter, but in many ways more dangerous path to Santa Fe... you could run out of water fast.
What is the Cimarron Pass or Cimarron Cutoff?
This was the starting point for the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails
What is Independence, Mo?
In 1851 it was signed by Native American tribes and the US Government to establish the trails would be safe for white settlers, and "Indian land" would be protected
What is the Treaty of Ft. Laramie?
To this day, this is the state containing the biggest number of Mormons, as well as the headquarters of the Ladder Day Saints Church
What is Utah?
The slogan that Polk would use to set the Northern boundary of the US, and the warning to the British that we were willing to go to war.
What is 54-40 or Fight?
He was the American Explorer and Spy who was the first to explore Spanish Territory and the town of Santa Fe 20 years before the Trail started
Who was Zebulon Pike?