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100

When did the Oregon Trail begin? 

1811

100

What was the First landmark you would come across while on the Oregon Trail?

D.Courthouse rock

100

True or false, Did the first stagecoaches that went on the Oregon Trail Have mail to deliver to a settler in Oregon.

True

100

Which President has a gigantic statue of them and was in office at the time of the Oregon trail?

Abraham Lincoln

100

Out of 400,000 people that journeyed across the Oregon Trail how many died.

65,000

200

 When did the Oregon Trail Officially end by the American government?

The 1870s

200

How many Great rivers did a person have to cross a while on the Oregon Trail?

3 Great Rivers 

200

What would Pioneers call a group of Ox-drawn wagons on the Oregon trail wall traveling? 

B.Wagon train

200

Who was the president at the time when the Oregon Trail started?

James Madison

200

What was one of  the main reasons people that traveled on the Oregon Trail used Oxen?

>Because they were extremely strong 

>could go without water for long periods of time 

>If you were low on the food you could kill one for meat.

300

When did Oregon become a state of America? 

February 14, 1859

300

What was the most Famous Landmark on the Oregon Trail? 

Fort Kearny

300

What was the main style of transportation when on the Oregon trail?

Ox-Drawn Wagon

300

Who was the president at the time when the Oregon Trail ended?

Ulysses S. Grant

300

Did the Oregon Trail follow one single trail or multiple trails?

Yes, there were multiple trails.

400

True or false, Did we have 11 presidents at the time of the Oregon trail from 1811 to 1870.

False, There were 15 presidents from (1811-to 1870)

400

What was Fort Kearny Named after?

B. Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny

400

Name three types of ways people traveled on the Oregon Trail?

walk

Ox-Drawn Wagon

Horse-Drawn Wagon

Donkey-Drawn Wagon

Cow-Drawn Wagon

Horseback 

Donkey back 

Stagecoaches

400

What group of people started the Oregon Trail. 

A. Fur Hunters, and Merchants

400

True or False, Was the first road to Oregon made by a bunch of Protestant missionaries?

False

500

which of these events happened on the Oregon Trail.

A.the Northern Pacific completed its Transcontinental Railroad route.

B. 1,000+ people die when they went to Oregon together because of food shortage and disseizes.

C. The American government need to stop the Native from killing people on the Oregon trail so they sent hundreds of soldiers to kill the Native villages.

D. All of the stories are true.

A.the Northern Pacific completed its Transcontinental Railroad route.

500

What is the last landmark you would come across on the Oregon Trail?

Mount Hood

500

Why did people usually not use horses when on the Oregon Trail?

Because the Native Americans would want those horses and would steal them because of their value.

500

Who were the three presidents during the time of the  Oregon Trail?

  • James Madison (1809–1817)
  • James Monroe (1817–1825)
  • John Quincy Adams (1825–1829)
  • Andrew Jackson (1829–1837)
  • Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
  • William Henry Harrison (1841)
  • John Tyler (1841-1845)
  • James K. Polk (1845-1849)
  • Zachary Taylor (1845-1850)
  • Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
  • Frankin Percie (1853-1857)
  • James Buchanan (1857-1861)
  • Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
  • Andrew Jackson (1865-1869)
  • Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
500

True or Fales, Did the iconic Conestoga wagon travel across the Oregon Trail?

True

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