Mountain Men
Who were the mountain men?
The were fur traders
Who were the two main couples? You must get both.
The Whitmans and the Spaldings
What did the women fight for?
Equal rights
In which group of people was death common?
Mountain Men
True or false? The missionaries actually converted relatively very few Indians to Christianity.
True
What was the alternative name for the mountain men?
Trappers
What group had success in their missionary career?
Spaldings
How many months did the journey west last for?
4-6 months
What was the worst killer on the trail?
Disease
How did the mountain men's stories make people feel?
They made people laugh, cry and wonder how they lived that long
Who was taken by the crow native american tribe?
Jim Beckourth
Name one of the Native American tribes from the chapter.
Nez Perce and Cayuse
When pioneer women settled, what places would form?
schools, churches, libraries, literary societies, and charitable groups
How did Huge Glass die?
A torn to chunks by a bear
What thing did the mountain men also leave behind?
Journals
Name two of the four things that attacked mountain men.
Bears, Fur Thieves, Native Americans, and Wolves
What disease spread west with the settlers?
Measles
What year did the women start to have the right to vote?
1869
What group of people brought the prospect of death on the trail.
What did the trails change about the pioneer women?
It brought out strengths and abilities they did not know they possessed
The mountain men lived hard and died _______ ?
Young
The Cayuse were more interested in what (instead of religion from the missionaries)?
Tools and Weapons
Between what two years did 350,000 people travel west?
1840 and 1869
The Whitmans were killed by what native American tribe?
Cayuse
What was the missionary's real legacy?
Settling the west