Oregon Trail Time Line
When did the Oregon Trail begin?
1811
What was the First landmark you would come across while on the Oregon Trail?
D.Courthouse rock
True or false, Did the first stagecoaches that went on the Oregon Trail Have mail to deliver to a settler in Oregon.
True
Which President has a gigantic statue of them and was in office at the time of the Oregon trail?
Abraham Lincoln
Out of 400,000 people that journeyed across the Oregon Trail how many died.
65,000
When did the Oregon Trail Officially end by the American government?
The 1870s
How many Great rivers did a person have to cross a while on the Oregon Trail?
3 Great Rivers
What would Pioneers call a group of Ox-drawn wagons on the Oregon trail wall traveling?
B.Wagon train
Who was the president at the time when the Oregon Trail started?
James Madison
What was one of the main reasons people that traveled on the Oregon Trail used Oxen?
>Because they were extremely strong
>could go without water for long periods of time
>If you were low on the food you could kill one for meat.
When did Oregon become a state of America?
February 14, 1859
What was the most Famous Landmark on the Oregon Trail?
Fort Kearny
What was the main style of transportation when on the Oregon trail?
Ox-Drawn Wagon
Who was the president at the time when the Oregon Trail ended?
Ulysses S. Grant
Did the Oregon Trail follow one single trail or multiple trails?
Yes, there were multiple trails.
True or false, Did we have 11 presidents at the time of the Oregon trail from 1811 to 1870.
False, There were 15 presidents from (1811-to 1870)
What was Fort Kearny Named after?
B. Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny
Name three types of ways people traveled on the Oregon Trail?
walk
Ox-Drawn Wagon
Horse-Drawn Wagon
Donkey-Drawn Wagon
Cow-Drawn Wagon
Horseback
Donkey back
Stagecoaches
What group of people started the Oregon Trail.
A. Fur Hunters, and Merchants
True or False, Was the first road to Oregon made by a bunch of Protestant missionaries?
False
which of these events happened on the Oregon Trail.
A.the Northern Pacific completed its Transcontinental Railroad route.
B. 1,000+ people die when they went to Oregon together because of food shortage and disseizes.
C. The American government need to stop the Native from killing people on the Oregon trail so they sent hundreds of soldiers to kill the Native villages.
D. All of the stories are true.
A.the Northern Pacific completed its Transcontinental Railroad route.
What is the last landmark you would come across on the Oregon Trail?
Mount Hood
Why did people usually not use horses when on the Oregon Trail?
Because the Native Americans would want those horses and would steal them because of their value.
Who were the three presidents during the time of the Oregon Trail?
True or Fales, Did the iconic Conestoga wagon travel across the Oregon Trail?
True