Food
What To Bring
How To Survive
The Outcome
Disasters
100
What were some of the most common foods to bring?
flour, bacon, vegtables, fruit, beef, and sugar
100
What did the wagon trains use to move?
Oxen and Mules
100
What were the main hunting tools?
Hunting knives and rifles
100
Who were driven out of the oregon land when america got it?
The british
100
What were some common reasons for death on the oregon trail?
Bad weather, lack of food, disesase, and getting run over by the wagons
200
What was sometimes in river water?
Buffalo urine
200
What were some little items to bring on the trail?
dishes, spoons, bowls, bedpans, candles, and blankets
200
True or False: you would leave a wagon behind if someone in the wagon was giving birth
True
200
how many people made it to oregon?
500,000 people
200
What were some natural disasters that killed pioneers?
Flooding, thunder storms, famine, and drought
300
What would the pioneers do with leftover buffalo meat?
Strip the meat into pieces, then dry it. They did this to make jerky.
300
What were some important people to bring along the trail?
Docters and trail guides
300
If your wagon was to heavy, what would you do to lighten it?
Throw unimportant objects out
300
How many miles was the trail?
2,200 miles
300
What were some diseases that killed alot of pioneers?
Cholera and scurvy. Cholera is a water disease and scurvy was caused by a lack of vitamin C.
400
What foods were sometimes given to pioneers when traded with indians?
Salmon and watermelons
400
What enjoyable things would you bring if you had enough space?
Guitars, child toys, and sometimes a small piano
400
What was often a last resort to pioneers for food in winter?
Eat their dead friends
400
When did oregon become a state?
February 14, 1859
400
How would buffalo sometimes kill pioneers?
by buffalo stampedes
500
What were the main foods to bring?
Bread, flour, water, meat, and bacon.
500
What is the most important thing to bring on the trail?
Food and clothing
500
If there's no food in the snow, what do you do to get food?
You can get your leather boots and make a stew from it.
500
How many people died on the oregon trail?
20,000 people died
500
What was the most deadliest disease that killed alot of pioneers?
Chlorea
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