MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
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Many pioneers of the Oregon Trail suffered from ____ because of all the sickness spreading easily on the trail.
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mosquitoes
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cholera
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caravan
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corral
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Dysentery, smallpox, measles, mumps, and influenza were among the diseases named in diaries and journals, but cholera, mountain fever, and scurvy were probably the biggest killers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Three deadly diseases featured in The Oregon Trail – typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery– were caused by poor sanitation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Famous explorers like Robert Stuart, Jedediah Smith, and Marcus Whitman found the South Pass through the mountains and blazed the trail that made wagon travel across the continent possible.
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