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22 Cards in this Set
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What happened to Jedediah Smith? |
Attacked by a grizzly bear |
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Who are these men called the open up trails West? |
Mountain Men |
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What area did mountain Men explore!? |
Far west |
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Who is Jim beckworth? |
Famous for adventures |
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More and more fur bearing animals were killed off the mountain men had to go farther Into the Wilderness to find their furs. This knowledge helped who? |
Later pioneers moving west |
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What were some of the advantages of the lower path through the Wyoming |
Got less snow and was wide and less deep |
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Why were there so many people interested in the lands to the West |
Offered a golden chance to make money |
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What are land speculators |
People who bought huge areas of land |
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How did manufacturers in merchant plan on making money from these new settlers |
But huge areas of land |
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Other people wanted to find jobs and hide from the... |
Law |
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Settlers moved West trying to get what three regions |
New Mexico Oregon and Utah |
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What year did Mexico win its independence from Spain |
1821 |
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Mexico unlike encouraged American settlement of this region how did William Becknell make lots of money off the people of Santa Fe |
Very eager for goods they wanted |
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Later Becknell found the Santa Fe Trail. Why was it better than other Trails West |
Covered wagons in shortcuts that avoided slopes |
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Why was this trail more dangerous |
Passed through desert |
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How did Americans get to Oregon |
Oregon Trail |
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What were some of the stories about Oregon |
The sun always Shone and weat grow 6 feet tall |
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Most Pioneers migrated West in search of wealth but one group went with religious reasons name this group |
Mormons |
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Who is the first leader of this group |
Joseph Smith |
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What happened to him |
Anti Mormons killed him |
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Who replaced Joseph Smith |
Brigham Young |
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Where did the Mormons end up |
Utah |
