Pioneers

Most settlers traveled to the West by way of

• boat around the tip of South America

• boat to Panama, then by land across Panama, then by boat to the West Coast

• wagon train

• steam locomotive (train)

Most wagons were pulled by

• mules

• oxen

• cows

• horses

A bellows is

• a device for making a hot fire

• an old-fashioned pair of shoes

• the metal with which the blacksmith formed horse shoes

• an old-fashioned skirt worn by pioneer women

A prairie schooner was a

• boat used by pioneers to cross large rivers

• small animal related to the prairie dog

• sod house pioneers lived in

• covered wagon

Most wagon trains left from

• Springfield, Illinois

• Independence, Missouri

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Fort Dodge, Kansas

Which one of the following was not a major trail west?

• Highland Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

Which of the following supplies would be the most important to a settler moving west?

• saddle

• dutch oven

• seeds for planting

• piano

How long did it take for a wagon train to go all the way from where it started to Oregon?

• two weeks

• four weeks

• three months

• six months

Most people who went west as homesteaders were

• farmers

• miners

• storekeepers

• doctors

Which of the following was not a problem for most wagon trains?

• weather

• Indians

• pollution

• disease