USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ trail is the longest.
A
Santa Fe
B
Oregon
C
Missouri
D
Kansas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The historic 2, 170-mile (3, 490 km) Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. It was used during the 19th century by Great Plains pioneers who were seeking fertile land in the West and North.

Detailed explanation-2: -But the Oregon Trail is foremost as the longest and most heavily used route in the nation’s resettlement of western North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Oregon Timber Trail is the longest biking trail in Oregon, spanning an incredible 670 miles South to North from the border of California to Washington.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to AllTrails.com, the longest paved trail in Oregon is Oregon Outback Scenic Bikeway.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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