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Westward Expansion
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History
5th Grade
02/02/2010

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What did they put their stuff in?
Definition
wagons
Term
People traveled by....
Definition
foot
Term
Most people died of.....
Definition
Cholera
Term
About what year did people start moving west?
Definition
1999
Term
Why did people go west?
Definition
Gold.....a new life.....land.
Term
What kinds of food did they bring with them?
Definition
Bacon, Flour, Can you think of others?
Term
What type of year was the best time to go?
Definition
Early Spring
Term
What was that the best time to leave?
Definition
Food for Oxen and to avoid the winter in the mountains in the west.
Term
Why were Oxen chosen over horses for pulling the wagons?
Definition
Oxen could eat the prairie grasses and were stronger
Term
How many people died along the Oregon Trail?
Definition
20,000-30,000
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