Important People
This U.S. President wanted Oregon Territory to belong to the United States.
Who is President James Polk
Pioneers would circle up the wagons at night for protection of this.
What are animals who might wander away.
Oregon Territory was claimed by both Britain and the United States. A treaty established a line to divide the Oregon Territory, and is now the northern border of the U.S. and this country.
What is Canada
The part of the trail that took travelers through the Rocky Mountains.
What is the South Pass.
She was the first woman to travel through the South Pass along the Oregon Trail with her husband on their way to teach Native Americans about Christianity.
Who is Narcissa Whitman.
This is the name for a line of covered wagons that all moved together along the trail.
These were four of the difficulties travelers faced along the trail.
Injuries, disease, bad weather, lack of water or food
The land south of the new border with Canada became know as THIS in 1848.
What is the Oregon Territory?
This is the main reason why pioneers headed west on the Oregon Trail.
What is good, inexpensive land
This person made maps of the Oregon Trail, which served as a trail guide for many settlers.
John Fremont
These were the most common animals to pull the settlers wagons.
What are oxen (or horses or mules).
People traveled about this far along the Oregon Trail.
What is 2,000 miles
This idea is that the United States should own land from the Atlantic Ocean across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
What is "Manifest Destiny?"
This obstacle caused settlers to develop the Oregon Trail in order to make traveling west easier.
People could only travel west on foot or horseback. The trail allowed settlers to use wagons to carry their belongings.