MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
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Send out one person to try and make peace.
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Fight back!
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Circle the wagons together and hide in the middle of them.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -idiom. chiefly US, informal. : to gather a group of people together in order to protect them from being attacked. usually used figuratively. Reporters tend to circle the wagons whenever the media are attacked for bias.
Detailed explanation-2: -The phrase “circle the wagons” is the name of a defensive technique used by early settlers for protection against possible attack by Indigenous Peoples. While these phrases may seem harmless, they have racist origins and portray the original inhabitants of this land as savages.
Detailed explanation-3: -A wagon fort, wagon fortress, or corral, often referred to as circling the wagons, is a temporary fortification made of wagons arranged into a rectangle, circle, or other shape and possibly joined with each other to produce an improvised military camp.
Detailed explanation-4: -Large wagon trains formed corrals by circling their wagons, where animals could be herded if needed. Small wagon trains generally did not form circles.