The Santa Fe Trail
This man is called the father of the Santa Fe Trail
William Becknell
How long was the Oregon-California trail.
2,000 miles
What was the great myth about people traveling on the trails.
They would get attacked by Indians.
In the 1800's which way did they want to expand.
The westward direction.
The activity of buying and selling.
Commerce
The Santa Fe Trail ran between these two cities
Kansas City to Santa Fe
How much food did a single family have to take on the Oregon-California trail to get to the west coast.
1,000 pounds of food.
Did the Indians ever attack the family's traveling.
NO there actually was cooperation between each other.
For many Americans what did the land represent.
It represented opportunities and potential wealth.
A person who owns and operates a business.
entrepreneurs.
The Santa Fe Trail became popular with this group of business minded individuals
Entrepreneurs
What food supplies would they take on their trip to the West Coast.
Flour,Sugar,salt,coffee, and bacon.
What were the Mexicans and the American Military troops sent out to escort.
They were sent out to escort wagon's.
what great deal of land was acquired in the West.
The great deal was that the government said it was freedom out West.
in the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Manifest Destiny
This man, a former slave, had become wealthy from making wagons to take along the Santa Fe Trail
Hiram Young
What did the emigrants use to carry there supplies on the Oregon-California trail.
Emigrants used small farm wagons to move their food supplies.
If shoes were wore out quickly what would they buy.
MOCCASINS.
In the west was the land cheap or expensive.
the land was cheap.
Having the same or nearly the same meaning as a other word or phrase.
Synonymous.
Prior to the discovery of a wagon route for travelers from Kansas City to Santa Fe, this mode of transportation was commonly used
Pack Mules
What was the difference between The Oregon-California Trail and the Santa Fe Trail.
The Santa Fe Trails purpose was to move goods and supplies and The Oregon-California Trail was used to move people.
Where did the Santa Fe trail pass through the homelands and hunting grounds of what tribes.
Osage,Kansa,Comanche,Kiowa,Cheyenne,Arapaho, and the Plains.
How many followers followed their dream on the trails.
more than four million people.
A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
Emigrants.