USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The hardships of weather, limited diet, and exhaustion made travelers very vulnerable to infectious diseases such as cholera, flu, dysentery, measles, mumps, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever which could spread quickly through an entire wagon camp.

Detailed explanation-2: -One boy escaped with an arrow in his side. The Oregon Trail is this nation’s longest graveyard. Over a 25 year span, up to 65, 000 deaths occurred along the western overland emigrant trails. If evenly spaced along the length of the Oregon Trail, there would be a grave every 50 yards from Missouri to Oregon City.

Detailed explanation-3: -During death, your body’s vital functions stop entirely. Your heart no longer beats, your breath stops and your brain stops functioning. Studies suggest that brain activity may continue several minutes after a person has been declared dead. Still, brain activity isn’t the same as consciousness or awareness.

Detailed explanation-4: -When we die, our spirit and body separate. Even though our body dies, our spirit-which is the essence of who we are-lives on. Our spirit goes to the spirit world. The spirit world is a waiting period until we receive the gift of resurrection, when our spirits will reunite with our bodies.