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Who am I ?
Dangers of the Trail
Fight for the West
Who Are We?
Westward Words
100
Gold was found at my saw mill in California.
Who is John Sutter?
100
This was the number one danger on the trails west.
What is Disease/Cholera?
100
The idea that the U.S. was fated to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
We moved to California in search of Gold.
Who are The 49ers?
100
Gift of Government Land.
What is a Land Grant?
200
I led the Mormons on the dangerous journey west.
Who is Brigham Young?
200
This Danger was caused by swelling of rivers after spring thaw.
What is drowning?
200
The loss at this Spanish Mission caused many Americans to volunteer in the Texas War for Independence.
What is The Alamo?
200
We hiked through vast forest, trapped animals and lived of the land.
Who are Mountain Men?
200
A single ruler with absolute power and authority.
What is a Dictator?
300
I pioneered the southern route west that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
Who is William Becknell?
300
This danger occurred most often because settlers lied about being able to drive wagons.
What are Accidents?
300
Mexico attacked American settlers in Texas because.
What is Settlers refused to follow Mexican Customs?
300
We moved west to convert the local Native Americans to Christianity.
Who are Missionaries?
300
To give up.
What is Cede?
400
I became president of Texas after leading the fight for Independence.
Who is Sam Houston?
400
Freezing to death, heat stroke, and dehydration were all caused by this danger.
What is Weather?
400
After the war with Mexico the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildalgo ceded this large area of land.
What is The Mexican Cession?
400
We were self-appointed law enforcers in California.
What are vigilantes?
400
Enemy forces trying to capture a city or fort, often by surrounding and bombarding it.
What is Siege?
500
I established the American Fur Company, making me the richest man in the country.
Who is John Jacob Astor?
500
Because Trail life was so harsh this group of people had more right than back East.
Who are Women?
500
I was an explorer that led a rebellion in California against Mexico.
What is John C Freemont?
500
We moved to Utah to practice our religion in peace.
Who are Mormons?
500
Land that forms the farthest extent of a nation’s settled regions.
What is Frontier?