Pioneers

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SUPPLIES WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO A SETTLER MOVING WEST?

• SADDLE

• COOKING STOVE

• SEEDS FOR PLANTING

• PIANO

MOST SETTLERS TRAVELED TO THE WEST BY WAY OF...

• BOAT AROUND SOUTH AMERICA

• BOAT TO PANAMA, THEN BY AND ACROSS THE ISTHMUS, THEN BY BOAT TO THE WEST COAST

• WAGON TRAIN

• STEAM LOCOMOTIVE (TRAIN)

THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT AND THE SETTLING OF CALIFORNIA & OREGON TOOK PLACE DURING...

• 1780-1810

• 1810-1840

• 1840-1870

• 1870-1900

MOST WAGONS WERE PULLED BY

• MULES

• OXEN

• COWS

• HORSES

A PRAIRE SCHOONER WAS A ...

• BOAT USED BY PIONEERS TO CROSS RIVERS

• SMALL ANIMAL RELATED TO THE PRAIRE DOG

• SOD HOUSE PIONEERS LIVED IN

• COVERED WAGON

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A MAJOR TRAIL WEST?

• HIGHLAND TRAIL

• SANTE FE TRAIL

• OREGON TRAIL

• MORMON TRAIL

PEOPLE WHO WENT WEST AS HOMESTEADERS WERE...

• FARMERS

• MINERS

• STOREKEEPERS

• DOCTORS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS OF A WAGON TRAIN?

• SPICES

• EXTRA PAIR OF SHOES

• FAMILY MEMORIES

  (HEIRLOOMS)

• DUTCH OVEN

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS N0T A PROBLEM FOR MOST WAGON TRAINS?

• WEATHER

• ACCIDENTS

• NATIVE AMERICAN ATTACKS

• DISEASE

CHECK OFF 2 REASONS WHY PEOPLE MOVED WEST.

• LAND

• JOB OPPORTUNITY

• TO WORK IN A FACTORY

• TO ESTABLISH A PLANTATION