MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Detailed explanation-1: -Smallpox, cholera, measles and other illnesses for which the Indians had no immunity wiped out up to 90 percent of some tribes during the 20 years of the Oregon Trail. “The doom of extinction is over this wretched nation, ” wrote a Methodist historian, Gustavus Hines, of the Oregon Territory Indians in 1850.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indian attacks were relatively rare on the Oregon Trail. Indians were more likely to be allies and trading partners than adversaries, and many early wagon trains made use of Pawnee and Shoshone trail guides.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mormons, seeking refuge from religious persecution, followed part of the trail to new settlements around Salt Lake, and in the late 1840s, an explosion of fortune seekers responded to word of the California gold strikes. In April of 1849, more than 20, 000 people left for Oregon and California.
Detailed explanation-4: -As missionaries were moving to Oregon, the Cherokee Nation was following their Trail of Tears to Indian Territory. Into this uncertainty came the covered wagons headed for Oregon and California. The emigrants distrusted and misunderstood the Indians, seeking revenge for any transgression, no matter how petty.