Trails West Study Set

What were the negative outcomes of missionaries moving west on Native Americans?

• They were able to convert many of the Native Americans to the white mans religion

• They brought diseases and death to many Native Americans

• Many missionaries died on the way west

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why did the Mormons move west to Utah?

• To settle where they could freely practice their beliefs

• To find husbands

• To find Gold

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What were important legacies of the missionaries to Oregon?

• They opened the West for settlers

• They established schools, churches, and libraries.

• They converted American Indians

• They brought many opportunities to the Natives

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What did the Lewis and Clark expedition fail to accomplish?

• To convert many of the Natives to Christianity

• To discover a Northwest Passage

• To map new territories that the U.S. just purchased

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

By the 1860's what form of transportation had stretched across America from the East coast to the West coast improving travel and trade?

• Trains

• Planes

• Cars

Why did the Forty-Niners move west?

• To build schools and libraries

• To convert Natives

• To find gold

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did early pioneers move west?

• Better life due to economic prosperity.

• More religion opportunities

• More farmland

• Better weather

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did pioneer women achieve well before women in the East?

• They found husbands

• They created homesteads

• They voted in elections

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What was gained through the purchase of the Gadsden Purchase in 1853?

• The Northwest Passage

• A good railroad route to California

• A ocean route for trade