WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Many riders of the Pony Express were adult men who had no family
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Many of the riders of the Pony Express were runaway orphan boys under the age of 18
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Many of the riders of the Pony Express were females and runaway slaves.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -There was a weight limit for Pony Express riders. Rather than burly cowboys, most of the riders were small, wiry men who weighed between 100 and 125 pounds-roughly the same size as a modern horseracing jockey. Their average age was around 20, but it wasn’t unusual for teenagers as young as 14 to be hired.
Detailed explanation-2: -Meet “Bronco Charlie” – The Youngest Pony Express rider was “Bronco Charlie.” He was only 11 years old when he rode for the Pony Express. He replaced a rider who had been attacked by Native Americans. Before the stationkeepers could stop him, Charlie was on his horse and riding off with the mail.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Pony Express was a mail delivery service that ran between Missouri and California. Using the Pony Express, mail could arrive in California in as few as 9 days rather than the weeks it took to arrive when sent by horse carriage.