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]
Which of the following is true about the Oregon Trail?
A
It stretched from Missouri to Oregon.
B
It was exactly 534 miles long
C
The journey took about two months.
D
It would take you south
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is true about the Oregon Trail? It stretched from Missouri to Oregon. It was exactly 1, 200 miles long. The journey took about two months.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. It was not a road in any modern sense, only parallel ruts leading across endless prairie, sagebrush desert, and mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following is FALSE regarding the Oregon Trail? It started off as a road built by the government.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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.

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