Ch 10 Expanding West

What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail?

• Length of the journey
• Disease
• Weather
• All of the above

How many miles and months did Oregon trail take?

• 1,650 miles long took 6 months to travel.
• 3,000 miles long took 8 months to travel.
• 2,000 miles long took 6 months to travel.
• 4,000 miles long took 5 months to travel.

Where did the travellers of the Oregon Trail originally set out from?

• Nebraska
• Idaho
• Wyoming
• Missouri

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Why would people head West on the Oregon Trail?

• Free pizza at the end of the trip.
• They win a million dollars.
• New land, opportunities & life.
• The Oregon coast was prettier than the East coast.

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What was the most feared disease on the Oregon Trail?

• smallpox
• measles
• plague
• cholera

What happened to most people on their way west?

• People ran out of food and had bad health 
• People were killed by Native Americans 

How many trails led to the West?

• Five

• Six

• Three

• Two

Texas declares independence from Mexico in order to what?

• Redraw the boarders

• Gain more rights

• Stop Taxes

Texas and Florida wanted to enter the Union as

• Free State

• Slave State

What other state rebelled against Mexico to become a state?

• California

• Oklahoma

• Colorado

• Oregon