3.5 The Long Road to Oregon

Where did people travel from to reach Oregon?

• California
• Missouri
• Alabama
• Mitchell K6

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What caused people to lose their jobs?

• A huge earthquake
• A terrible sickness spreading
• An uncontrollable fire
• Bad weather, dying crops, closed businesses

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CCSS.RI.7.3

What did the government promise Pioneers who were going to Oregon?

• A million dollars
• Free land
• A party
• A job

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What was the main form of transportation?

• Covered wagons
• Trains
• Cows
• Cars

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of these is NOT a hardship the book claims the pioneers endured?

• fire
• dirty water
• sickness
• dust storms

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

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CCSS.RI.5.5

What is a pioneer?

• a person who built homes in the Gold Rush
• a war hero of a significant war
• a farmer of many crops and animals
• a person who first discovered a new land

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9