Oregon Trail

__________ was the place where many pioneers began their trip west.

• Independence, Missouri

• Lewiston, Idaho

• The Oregon Coast

• St. Louis, Missouri

A bad disease, which may have come from drinking bad water, was called _____________.

• fever

• polio

• cholera

• tuberculosis

The pioneers could see this tall, skinny rock from a long distance away. It was called _____________.

• Chimney rock

• Mesa valley

• Pueblo canyon

• Haystack rock

The place where the Oregon Trail crossed the Rocky Mountains was called __________.

• South Pass

• Boise

• Independence

• Tahoe Pass

The place in Oregon where many of the pioneers settled was called the __________.

• Willamette Valley

• Idaho Valley

• Oregon City

• Lewiston

Name two forts on the Oregon Trail.

• Fort Hall & Fort Bragg

• Fort Samson & Fort Hayworth

• Fort Johnson & Fort Davis

When the pioneers came to the Dalles they had to choose which way to go. Name the road that some took.

• Harlow Road

• Barlow Road

• Oregon Road

• Boise Road

Some people chose to go on Sublette's cutoff because ________.

• it was a shorter route

• it had beautiful scenery

• they could get new oxen

Some people chose NOT to take Sublette's Cutoff because _______.

• there was no water for fifty miles along the cutoff

• they didn't want to have their animals travel that way

• they would catch cholera