USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oregon Trail: The Oregon Trail, nicknamed “The Great Migration of 1843, ” was a 2, 000-mile journey through the arid plains and mountains from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon. After Lewis and Clark explored the West, fur trappers and Christian missionaries traveled along the Oregon Trail.

Detailed explanation-3: -From 1821 until 1846, the Santa Fe Trail was a two-way international commercial highway used by both Mexican and American traders. Then, in 1846, the Mexican-American War began, and a few months later, America’s Army of the West followed the Santa Fe Trail westward to successfully invade Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Santa Fe Trail was first and foremost a commercial route between Mexico and the United States. Unlike its contemporary, the Oregon Trail, which was an emigrant route, the Santa Fe Trail was the highway of merchants traveling in either direction with goods to sell.

Detailed explanation-5: -Santa Fe Trail, in U.S. history, famed wagon trail from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, an important commercial route (1821–80).