Chapter 6 'Go West'

Which was NOT a reason men, women, and children went westward?

• for religions freedom

• to find gold

• to give land to the Indians

• to claim new land

While traveling on the Oregon Trail, how did the pioneers know where to go?

• they used diaries, maps, and guidebooks

• they asked Siri

• they went without knowing where they were going

• they decided not to go

There we NO dangers on the Oregon Trail.

• True

• False

Which animal was NOT used to lead a wagon traveling on the Oregon Trail?

• Horses

• Oxen

• Mules

• Bison

The Oregon Trail was a series of roads and trails on which travelers could journey westward.

• true

• false

Why were Indian leaders worried about the future of their people?

• Pioneers were taking Indian lands

• Pioneers were making Indians into slaves

• They were running out of gold

• They were damaging their crops

All the gold seekers who went westward found gold and became rich.

• True

• False

Which was NOT true about travel in wagon trains?

• Children helped by gathering firewood and dung

• Pioneers often traveled only 12 miles a day

• Most families could take very little with them in their wagons

• Wagons were comfortable to ride in

John C. Fremont mapped trails that became parts of the:

• jumping-off places

• Oregon Trail

• Chimney Rock

• state border

It took lots of cooperation to travel in a wagon train.

• True

• False