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The Oregon Trail
By: Tyler Generali
Chapter 1: What was the
Oregon Trail Louisiana Purchase What did the
Pioneers Experience Lewis and Clark Chapter 3: Moving West How did the Oregon
Trail have an Impact Chapter 2: Intro.to Chapter 2
Louisiana Purchase
Have you ever heard of the Louisiana Purchase? In 1803, the Louisiana Territory was owned by the French, then Thomas Jefferson bought the territory for $15million, in 1803. It doubled the size of the United States the land was from west Mississippi to the Rockies. And now that the United States is double the size we more land to live on and travel freely.
Lewis and Clark
With the new land purchased and unexplored, Thomas Jefferson then sent Meriweather Lewis and William Clark to explore. When Lewis and Clark were exploring their job was to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean, keep a journal and write the resources that they discovered in it. While discovering they found a Native American Tribe, and gave the tribe gifts to make peace. A Native American named Sacagawea helped them cross the Rockies. On November 1805 they reached the Pacific Ocean, they returned to St. Louis on September 23, 1806.
Moving West
After Lewis and Clark returned people began moving to the Western Region. Farmers moved there for the rich soil and the larger farming land, other people moved there for the Gold Rush, they also moved there for the larger amount of land. The land was really cheap so people wanted to move there fast. So lots of families packed their wagons high and set off for the Western Region.
Chapter 2
As the pioneers were traveling down the 2,000 mile long Oregon Trail they had to do many hard and scary things.
What was the Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was a major route
through 18411869. They used covered wagons and trains to travel across the trail. The trail began in Independence, Missouri and ended in Oregon City, Oregon. The trail is around 2,000 miles long. The Oregon Trail went through six different states including Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon. In the mid1800 travelers were inspired by dreams of gold,so in 1843 the settlers packed everything they owned and headed for the Oregon Trail.
What did the Pioneers Experience
The pioneers experienced many terrifying things, like yellow fever, diseases, bears,wolfs, and coyotes. Those are only a few scary things the pioneers had to look out for. They had to do many hard things while on the Oregon Trail, like moving 23 2,000 pound wagons up and down mountains for about 2,000 miles walking on foot most of the way. With lots of supplies in the wagons and on the pioneers themselves. While they were already looking out for many dangerous things they had to look out for Native American attacks which were very harmful. And those are things that the pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail.
How did the Oregon Trail have an Impact
The Oregon Trail made a major difference in the American history. The Oregon Trail allowed people to travel west, so they could use the richer soil and have more land to live on. The trail also increased the size of the U.S. it grew into 48 states. The people that were on the Oregon Trail they were very hard working moving 23 2,000 pound wagons up and down mountains. They were also had a lot of courage to go on a trail with many dangers on it. And now we all know what the Oregon Trail did for the United States.
Glossary ●Cover Wagon a type of wagon that the pioneers used to travel on the Oregon Trail
●Lewis and Clark two explores that made history by exploring unknown land
●Pioneers people who traveled on the Oregon trail and gold diggers
●Louisiana Purchase land that was bought by Thomas Jefferson that was once owned by France
●Yellow Fever a disease that was very harmful to the pioneers while traveling on the Oregon Trail
●Thomas Jefferson the president that bought the Louisiana Territory
●Sacagawea a Native American that helped Lewis and Clark cross the Rockies
●The Oregon Traila special trail that pioneers used to move to the western region
● Independence, Missouri the place where the Oregon Trail began
●Oregon City, Oregon the place where the oregon trail ended
Bibliography ●www.Ducksters.com/history ●HistoryNet.com ●Children’s Press ●Missouri Studies weeklyweek 13. American Legacy Publishing Company, 2011