The Oregon Trail Review

The South Pass trail took travelers through:

• the Blue Ridge Mountains
• the Mississippi River
• the Rocky Mountains
• the Savannah River

This trail became known as the Oregon Trail. People traveled about _____________ along the trail.

• 200 miles
• 2,000 miles
• 20,000 miles
• 200,000 miles

What obstacle pushed settlers to develop the Oregon Trail in order to make traveling west easier?

• At first, people could only travel west by land. The trail allowed people to travel by steamboats on rivers.

• At first, people could only travel west in secure wagons. The trail allowed settlers to travel quickly by horseback.

• At first, people could only travel west by sea. The trail allowed people to travel on land through high mountain passes.

• At first, people could only travel west on foot or horseback. The trail allowed settlers to use wagons to carry their belongings.

Narcissa Whitman and her husband wanted to teach Native Americans about Christianity. She was the _____________ to travel through the South Pass.

• only child
• fastest runner
• last person
• first woman

John Fremont made maps of the Oregon Trail. Why were they useful?

• He thought the land was beautiful.
• Other people used them on the trail as guides.
• He sent the maps back to Thomas Jefferson.
• He found new lands for the United States.

What was the most common reason that many people set out along the Oregon Trail?

• They wanted to move Native Americans off their land.
• They wanted to find new plants and animals.
• They wanted to go on a nice vacation.
• They wanted to find good, inexpensive land.

Wagon trains were:

• a line of covered wagons that all moved together.
• train cars that were decorated to look like wagons.
• the people who conducted the train
• a line of cars traveling out west

Select all of the difficulties that the travelers faced along the trail: (choose 4 answers)

• injuries
• diseases
• bad weather
• lack of water
• gold miners

Oregon was claimed by both the United States and Britain. The United States President, _________________, wanted Oregon to belong to the United States.

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Abraham Lincoln
• James Polk

A treaty signed between the United States and Britain to divide the Oregon territory set the northern border between the north western United States and current day _____________________.

• Canada
• Mexico
• Britain
• France