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Oregon Trail
Pioneers and How they Lived
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History
3rd Grade
03/03/2011

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Prairie
Definition
Flat or rolling land covered with trail grass
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Hardships the Pioneers Encountered
Definition
They had to cross rivers and mountains, bad weather, and sickness.
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Diary
Definition
A written record or what someone has done or thought each day
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Pioneer
Definition
A person who is among the first to explore and settle an area not known.
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Native Americans
Definition
Poele who lived on prairies when the pioneers arrived. They made the trail. They helped pioneers by giving them advice about the Oregon Trail.
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1840s-1850s
Definition
When many people left their homes to move west.
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Oregon City, Oregon
Definition
WHere many of the Pioneers who traveled west planned to settle.
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Independence, Missouri
Definition
Where many pioneers left to travel the Oregon Trail
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Responsibilites of Children
Definition
Children had to cook, wash dishes, milk cows, and tie up the animals.
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Oral History
Definition
Telling stories about what life was like in the past.
Term
How long was the Oregon trail and how long did it take to travel.
Definition
2,000 miles and 5 months
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Wagon Trains
Definition
How the pioneers traveled along the Oregon Trail.
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