WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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A group of wagons traveling together
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A train made out of wagons
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A steamboat
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A wagon train is a line of horses and wagons, especially one that formerly carried supplies or settlers. 150 years ago, wagon trains left from Lanham, Nebraska, bound for Oregon and California.
Detailed explanation-2: -A wagon train is a group of wagons traveling together. Before the extensive use of military vehicles, baggage trains followed an army with supplies and ammunition.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: A wagon train could contain any number of wagons, although most averaged between ten and thirty families. There were some larger wagon trains that had up to 200 wagons traveling together. Many of these wagon trains had large numbers of sheep or cattle traveling with them as well.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was a group of covered wagons, usually around 100 of them. These carried people and their supplies to the West before there was a transcontinental railroad. From 1837 to 1841, many people were in frustrating economic situations. Farmers, businessmen, and fur traders were looking for new opportunities.