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This type of animal attacked Jedediah Smith on his expedition.
What is a grizzly bear?
100
This was the approximate time the wagon trains would start out each day .
What is 6:00 AM?
100
This was also known as the Oregon Territory.
What was Far West?
100
This trail led settlers from Missouri to New Mexico.
What was the Santa Fe Trail?
100
She inscribed the words on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Who was Emma Lazarus?
200
He was the US President who ordered the removal of southern Indian tribes to Indian reservations.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
200
This was the LEAST dangerous to travelers on the Oregon Trail.
What was "exhaustion"?
200
These were the months children would attend school.
What was October to May?
200
In this town, Texas began to fight for independence.
What was Gonzalez?
200
You would likely use this trail if you were driving a herd of cattle from Texas to Kansas.
What was Chisolm Trail?
300
This was the most famous (and last) Indian victory.
What was Little Big Horn?
300
This is not a contagious disease.
What is snakebite?
300
This was NOT a danger to cowboys on a cattle trail.
What was overeating?
300
He was the dictator of Mexico during the Texas War for Independence.
Who was Antonio de Santa Anna?
300
This was the end of the trail for cattle drives from Texas.
What was Abilene, Kansas?
400
This term means "a long flat-bottomed light sled made usually of thin boards curved up at one end with usually low handrails at the sides".
What is a tobaggon?
400
He led a large group of Mormons from Illinois to Utah.
Who was Brigham Young?
400
He was the pioneer who first brought American settlers to Texas.
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
400
The Cherokees made this name for the trail when they were removed from their land to the reservations.
What was the Trail of Tears?
400
He was in charge of the care of the horses while on the long drive.
What was the wrangler?
500
This "idea" promoted the expansion of the western United States.
What was Manifest Destiny?
500
This was the popular means of transportation for pioneer families.
What was conestoga?
500
The settlers met in this city in order to travel to Oregon and California.
What was Independence, Missouri?
500
He was an Indian Chief who did NOT fight at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Who was Lazy Bear?
500
Gold was first discovered in this place in California.
What is Sutters Mill?