What is the Oregon Trail
Where did the trail end?
Oregon
What group traveled west in search of gold?
Gold seekers or fortune hunters.
What did settlers do when they reached Oregon
Farm and start a new life
What did settlers use to carry their belongings on the trail?
Wagons
What was the Oregon Trail used for?
to travel west to Oregon
Who traveled on the trail?
Pioneers and settlers
What did the U.S. government offer to settlers moving west
Free Land
What animals helped pull the wagons?
Oxen
Where did the Oregon Trail begin?
Independence, Missouri
Why did many settlers go to Oregon
To find land and a better life
What law gave settlers free land in the 1800s
Homestead Act
On average, how long would it take most settlers to travel the Oregon Trail?
4 to 6 months
Why was the Oregon Trail important?
Many trails branch off of it, it was accessible to many people, ...
What group of people moved to Oregon to spread Christianity?
Missionaries
Which valley did settlers hope to reach at the end of the Oregon Trail?
What was one of the biggest dangers on the trail
Cholera and diseases
How long was the Oregon trail? (Correct if within 50 miles)
2,170 miles
Who was the first person to successfully guide a large group of settlers to Oregon in 1843?
Elijah White
When did Oregon become a U.S. state
1859