Trails West I Manifest Destiny belief

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Trails West

I. Manifest Destiny • belief that U. S. “must” stretch across entire continent (from Atlantic to Pacific) regardless of Native Americans and Mexicans already living there

II. Moving West A. Oregon Trail • Land west of the Rocky Mountains • fur trade drew settlers to Oregon

· 5 -8 month journey from Missouri - 1, 000 went in 1843 - Cost $400 for family of 4 (wages = $1. 50/wk) · used Prairie Schooners - small, lightweight covered wagons (from Germany) - usually filled with supplies; most people walked - 2, 000 miles; avg. 15 miles/day

Oregon Trail Food Supply: Suggested for each adult in the group: • • • • 200 pounds of flour 30 pounds of pilot bread (hardtack) 75 pounds of bacon 10 pounds of rice 5 pounds of coffee 2 pounds of tea 25 pounds of sugar ½ bushel of dried beans 1 bushel of dried fruit 2 pounds of saleratus (baking soda) 10 pounds of salt ½ bushel of corn meal ½ bushel of corn, parched and ground 1 small keg of vinegar

B. Mormon Trail · Joseph Smith founded Mormon church in NY - 1830 · Smith was killed by anti-Mormon mob - 1844 · Brigham Young moved his people from IL to Utah to avoid religious persecution - 1847

C. Women in the West • had a vital role in settling the West • had more rights than in the East: – own property – control their money – in some states, vote (suffrage) • Laura Ingalls Wilder – wrote books about her pioneer experience Little House on the Prairie

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