MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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hutchback
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prairie wagon
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prairie schooner
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The covered wagon or prairie wagon, historically also referred to as an ambulance, a whitetop, or a prairie schooner, was a vehicle usually made out of wood and canvas that was used for transportation, prominently in 19th-century America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Also called a covered wagon, a prairie schooner was a relatively lightweight vehicle made of wood and covered with a canvas tarp.
Detailed explanation-3: -prairie schooner, 19th-century covered wagon popularly used by emigrants traveling to the American West. In particular, it was the vehicle of choice on the Oregon Trail.
Detailed explanation-4: -Though the term “Conestoga wagon” is sometimes mistakenly used as a synonym for “covered wagon, ” the name in fact only refers to the specific type of heavy, broad-wheeled covered wagon first manufactured in the Conestoga River region of Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County in the mid-18th century.