MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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They found a cure for measles.
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They converted American Indians.
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They opened the west for settlers.
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They traveled to the Pacific Ocean.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The missionaries’ true legacy was to open the West to settlement. In California, Oregon, and other territories, settlers followed in the footsteps of the missionaries.
Detailed explanation-2: -The freedom and sense of equality enjoyed by women in the West helped pave the way for more equal treatment of women throughout the United States. This was perhaps the greatest legacy of the women pioneers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Legacies they left • The Californios gave us Spanish names for California cities. They brought new crops, such as grapes, olives, and citrus. They opened California to the world. Reasons they moved to the West • The missionaries intended to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Detailed explanation-4: -Major threats to pioneer life and limb came from accidents, exhaustion, and disease. Crossing rivers were probably the most dangerous thing pioneers did. Swollen rivers could tip over and drown both people and oxen.