Vocab
What did mountain men want from the west?
What was Beaver Pelts (Brown gold)?
Which hero of the west had to cook three meals a day, hauled water buckets from a creek, and helped lars plow the fields?
What was Emma Svenson
Why did people want to go west?
What was to acquire lands, get brown gold (beaver pelts), and because of the gold rush.
What was considered one of the worst and slowest ways of traveling?
What was Wagons
What was the 2 week event that mountain men attended?
What was Rendezvous
Which hero of the west worked 18 hours a day with barely any food, only eating beans and biscuits from a check wagon?
What was Mexican Mike
What was the belief to expand from coast to coast?
What was Manifest Destiny
What was the fastest way to travel west?
What was A boat to Panama
What were tall tales that mountain men talked about called?
What was Yarns
Which hero of the west made their days more fun by dancing, band recitals, turkey shoots, and boxing matches and as they got more sophisticated, would do Shakespere plays?
What was Ezra Moon
What was the weather like during the westward movement?
What was Very cold during winter and very hot during the summer
What was the form of transportation that most people in the Donner Party used?
What was Conestoga Wagon
What were the names of people who went to the west to keep order?
What was Lawmen/Gunfighters
What was the trail called that natives walked when they got kicked out of the south due to the Indian Removal Policy?
Trail of Tears
What were Indians called by the mountain men?
What was Blackfeet
How did the gold rush influence people to go west?
Made the people go crazy over gold