People
Trails
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Transportation
Supplies
100
farmers
What job did most pioneers have that traveled west?
100
Independence, Missouri
What city did most wagon trains leave from?
100
1840-1870
When did the westward movement and the settling of Oregon Territory take place?
100
wagon trains
How did most pioneers travel west?
100
seeds
What is the one thing all pioneers took on the Oregon Trail west?
200
women
What pioneer did the cooking and taking care of the children?
200
5/6 months
What is the amount of time it took to travel on the Oregon Trail?
200
Indian raids
What was a constant threat of death along the trail?
200
oxen
What animal pulled most wagons going west?
200
dutch oven
What was the tool that pioneers needed to prepare their meals?
300
men
What pioneers killed the meat for meals and fixed the wagons along the trail?
300
Mormon Trail
What is the trail that went to Utah?
300
water
What was scarce along most short trails?
300
prairie schooner
What is another name for a covered wagon?
300
flap jacks
What did the pioneers eat for breakfast?
400
oldest child
Who took care of the small children?
400
Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, and the Sante Fe Trail (California Trail)
What were the three major trails west?
400
Louisiana Purchase
What land was purchased by the French that opened up the west?
400
Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon
What states did the Oregon Trail pass through?
400
coal oil
What was used to burn lamps?
500
all the members of the wagon train
Who made the decisions along the trail?
500
south pass
What is the highest point along the Oregon Trail?
500
Independence Rock
Where the pioneers celebrated the 4th of July?
500
railroad
What stopped the need for wagon trains?
500
anvil, bellows, hammer
What were the tolls used by a blacksmith?
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