MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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4-8 miles
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10-20 miles
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20-30 miles
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over 50 miles
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Detailed explanation-1: -REASONS FOR THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT Pioneers began making the 2, 000-mile journey to take advantage of the United States government’s offer to homestead the land. The trail started in Independence, Missouri and went past Chimney Rock, Nebraska.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Oregon Trail was a roughly 2, 000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, that was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate west. The trail was arduous and snaked through Missouri and present-day Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and finally into Oregon.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Oregon Trail was a 2, 170-mile (3, 490 km) east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.
Detailed explanation-4: -Average distance covered in a day was usually fifteen miles, but on a good day twenty could be traveled.