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Most people left from this town.
What is Independence, Missouri.
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What were most wagons pulled by?
What is oxen?
100
What did most settlers travel to the west in?
What is a wagon train
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The safest trail at prairie crossing.
What is the Cheyenne River Trail?
100
What was the route over the prarie and mountains like?
What is difficult?
200
When did the Oregon trail take place?
What is the 1840's to 1870's
200
Most of the people who went west as homesteaders were what?
What is a farmer
200
What was a prarie schooner?
What is a covered wagon
200
You use coal oil for this.
What is a lamp?
200
Why would people take the longer trails?
It is safer
300
What is a device for making a hot fire?
What is a bellow
300
What was the most important appliance to members of a wagon train?
What is a dutch oven
300
What was the biggest danger on the trail?
What is indians
300
The three most common animals on the Oregon Trail.
What is oxen, mules, and horses?
300
Settling in for the night meant what?
What is a hot meal and rest?
400
What are the five w's to writing?
What is who,what,where,when,why.
400
What was not a major trail west?
What is the Highland Trail
400
What did the ruts and holes do to the wagon?
What is damage the wheels?
400
Newly arrived pioneers built what?
What is farms, and houses?
400
Pioneers carved their names and date of passage on what to record their journey?
What is big rocks?
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How long did it take most settlers to get to Oregon?
What is 6 months
500
What supplies would be the most important to a settler moving west?
What is seeds
500
How long was the trail?
What is 2000 miles?
500
What was one problem most wagon trains had?
What is weather,indians,or disease?
500
What is one tool a blacksmith used?
What is an anvil, bellows, or a hammer?
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