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CH. 13 Section 1 Trails West. Mountain Men and the West. JEBEDIAH SMITH and JIM BECKWOURTH MOUNTAIN MEN who opened the WEST by discovering the best trails trough the Rocky Mountains. RENDEVOUS SYSTEM. Mountain Men traded Furs for supplies at a meeting point every summer.
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Mountain Men and the West JEBEDIAH SMITH and JIM BECKWOURTH MOUNTAIN MEN who opened the WEST by discovering the best trails trough the Rocky Mountains
RENDEVOUS SYSTEM • Mountain Men traded Furs for supplies at a meeting point every summer
THE LURE OF THE WEST • Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the U.S. • LAND SPECULATORS- bought huge areas of land hoping its value would increase • Sold land to farmers for great profits
WORD JUMBLE - • UNSCRAMLBE THE FOLLOWING TERMS: • EMNOAUNTNIA • VSOUEDRNE • BEJIADHIAMITSH • MIJWROTHKEBC
UNITED STATES OBTAINS LAND LAND SPECULATION
THE SANTA FE TRAIL Write and Answer the following ???’s: - What two cities did the Santa Fe trail connect? - What did American settlers come back with from Mexico? - What Fort did settlers stop at to purchase supplies on their journey?
THE OREGON TERRITORY • Tales of giant wheat, and abundant game enticed settlers to make the journey
JOURNEY BEGINS THE TRAIL BEGAN IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
GENERAL STORE SETTLERS PURCHASED CRITICAL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR JOURNEY
BATTLING THE SEASONS SETTLERS LEFT IN THE SPRING. IF THEY LEFT TO EARLY THEY MIGHT FACE SNOW, TOO LATE AND IT MIGHT GET HOT
LANDMARKS ON THEIR JOURNEY, SETTLERS WERE GUIDED BY FOLLOWING LANDMARKS
FORTS SETTLERS STOCKED UP ON SUPPLIES AT FORTS ALONG THEIR JOURNEY
TOUGH JOURNEY SETTLERS FACED MANY DIFFICULTIES LIKE CROSSING RIVERS
TOUGH JOURNEY HUNTING THEIR OWN GAME
TOUGH JOURNEY FACING INJURY AND ILLNESS
TOUGH JOURNEY SOMETIMES LEADING TO DEATH
JOURNEYS END SETTLERS FACED ALL OF THIS JUST TO REACH THE OREGON TERRITORY
MORMON TRAIL • MORMONS – MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS • CHURCH STARTED BY JOSEPH SMITH
MORMON TRAIL • BRIGHAM YOUNG – MOVED HIS CHURCH OUT OF THE U.S. TO PRESENT DAY UTAH • FOLLOWED OREGON TRAIL INTO UTAH