Ch. 19: The Oregon Trail & California Gold Rush

Why did Americans want to move to Oregon?

• Find gold

• Build new homes

• Get free farmland

• Open a new Chick Fil A

What was the Oregon Trail?

• The trail of traveled by covered wagons across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains to Oregon

• A trail people took to find gold

• A to go hiking

• A trail to find food

What are oxen?

• Chickens

• Animals like cows; more than one

• a box with no lid

• more than one horse

Traveling the Oregon Trail was pretty easy. True or False

• True

• False

• I don't know!

After the U.S signed a treaty with Great Britain, what states were added to the U.S?

• Oregon

• New York

• Idaho

• Texas

• Washington

How did people travel on the Oregon Trail?

• trucks

• motorcycles

• airplanes

• Covered wagons

About how long was the trip on the Oregon Trail?

• About 6 days

• About 6 years

• About 6 weeks

• About 6 months

The U.S had a war to get Oregon. True or False

• True

• False

• Both

In what year did California become a state?

• 2021

• 1850

• 1846

• 1990

Everyone found gold in California. True or False

• True

• False

• I'm not sure