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Chapter 10 Section 1

Chapter 10 Section 1. Trails to the West. 1. Who were mountain men?. 1. MOUNTAIN MAN – a fur trader or trapper who lived in the West prior to regular settlement. 1. Mountain men were the first to set up trails through the mountains and map the territory. 2.

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Chapter 10 Section 1

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  1. Chapter 10 Section 1 Trails to the West

  2. 1 Who were mountain men?

  3. 1 MOUNTAIN MAN – a fur trader or trapper who lived in the West prior to regular settlement

  4. 1 Mountain men were the first to set up trails through the mountains and map the territory

  5. 2 Who was John Jacob Astor and what did he create?

  6. 2 He started the American Fur Company and bought skins, especially beaver, from mountain men

  7. 2 In 1811, he founded a fur-trading post called Astoria. It was one of the first American settlements in the Oregon Country.

  8. 3 Who was Jim Beckwourth?

  9. 3 JIM BECKWOURTH – former slave who became a mountain man, discovered a mountain pass into present day northern California

  10. JIM BECKWOURTH MOUNTAIN MAN

  11. 4 Why did people (families) begin traveling West?

  12. 4 People went west to Oregon for cheap land in an area that was reportedly very rich for crops

  13. 5 What was the Oregon Trail?

  14. 5 OREGON TRAIL – 2,000-mile-long trail that led from Independence, MO to Oregon Terr.

  15. 5 It followed the Platte and Sweetwater Rivers over the Plains and to the Rocky Mountains.

  16. OREGON TRAIL – THE WAY WEST

  17. OREGON TRAIL

  18. 6 How did people travel West?

  19. 6 IN WAGON TRAINS – groups of travelers on the trail who cooperate, making it less dangerous. They also set up leaders and rules.

  20. OREGON TRAIL RUTS - WYOMING

  21. 7 What was the Santa Fe Trail?

  22. 7 SANTA FE TRAIL – a trail which lead from Independence, MO to Santa Fe, NM Americans traders mostly used this trail to trade manufactured goods for horses, mules, and silver from Mexican traders

  23. 8 Who were the Mormons?

  24. 8 MORMONS – members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (founded in NY by Joseph Smith).

  25. 8 The Mormons moved west from NY in the early 1830s because of continued difficulties with other religions – they hoped to find religious freedom.

  26. 8 The Mormons moved from New York, to Ohio, to Missouri, and finally to Illinois because of persecution Smith was murdered in 1844

  27. 9 Who was Brigham Young?

  28. 9 BRIGHAM YOUNG- leader of the Mormons who led them west to Utah to start a new settlement

  29. BRIGHAM YOUNG LEADER OF THE MORMONS

  30. THE MORMON TRAIL

  31. THE MORMON TRAIL

  32. 9 The Mormons eventually create Salt Lake City in Utah By 1860 over 40,000 Mormons lived in Utah

  33. THE END

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