Settlers on the Oregon
Trail
Mormons
Label the following
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Sacramento
Mountain Men
St. Louis
Nauvoo
Santa Fe
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Council Bluffs
Independence
Old Spanish Trail
Speculators
Fur trappers and explorers, went
west, adventurer - opened up the
West by finding best trails
through the Rockies, eventually
opened up the Far West due to
overworking streams
Oregon Trail
Mormon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
TRAILS WEST – 13-1
Traders on the Santa Fe Trail
Newspaper editor Horace Greeley encouraged many
Americans to “go West, young man, go West” in 1853 –
and many American had taken his advice in the
decades prior to the 1850s. In this quick activity, use
13-1 in CA to examine a few of the groups that moved
to the West during the early 1800s. You task for each
is to completely describe the group of people, identify
the reason(s) for their travel to the West, and
summarize the impact of their migration. The trick –
you can only use between 20 and 30 words per group.