Oregon Country

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.

What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail?

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

Travelers moved west using what?

• cars

• planes

• wagons

• ship

Americans wanted to control the Oregon country to have access to which ocean?

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• The Mississippi River

• Indian

Who were the Pioneers?

• A baseball team
• People who cut down pine trees
• The first people to move west (ex. using the Oregon Trail)
• Men who moved west without their families