MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Get everyone on the wagon and roll down.
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Just avoid the slope by going around Ash Hallow.
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Detach the oxen and lower the wagon slowly using ropes.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A wheel, or wheels, can be spragged for a steep descent, or a shoe used. As a facetious answer, very carefully! As an historical answer, if the slope was gentle, the animal which provided the traction also provided the braking. Going downhill backwards was also an option so the traction animal could also brake.
Detailed explanation-2: -The wagon train is probably one of those images. What exactly was a wagon train? It was a group of covered wagons, usually around 100 of them. These carried people and their supplies to the West before there was a transcontinental railroad.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Some wagons had brakes operated by a long lever near the rear bolster, but this added weight and expense. Many wagons went without brakes, using rough locks, wheel shoes, or a tree tied to the back wheels to slow the vehicle on downward slopes.