What Can I Learn?
Part 1 - Preparing to Emigrate

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      1.   Name three reasons people decided to go west on the Oregon Trail?

 
2.     What are some of the reasons people decided to stay where they were?

     3.  What is Manifest Destiny? What did it have to do with the westward expansion?

               4. During what years was the Oregon Trail used?

               5. What is meant by “jumping off?” Where did they “jump off?”

 
      6.    The emigrants lives could depend on the supplies they carried with them. What are five items they
           should bring in each of  the following categories:

·        Food

·        Cooking equipment

·        Other types of equipment/miscellaneous

     7.      What is a covered wagon?

 
8.    How big was a typical covered wagon?

 
9.     What kind of animals can pull a covered wagon? What are the good points and the bad points for each?

 
10.     What time of year did the emigrants leave? What factors affected their decision?