American West - Pioneers

Question 1

Who are they?

Answer 1

People moving West with no intention of settling

People wanting something much better, further West (California/Oregon)

Question 2

Problems they faced

Answer 2

5 months to travel 2000 miles on horseback
Rivers
Indians could attack (they needed weapons)
Disease (they could take a doctor so illnesses are cured quickly so they don’t spread)

Question 3

Where did they come from?

Answer 3

New York City
St. Louis
East America

Question 4

Why did they go West?

Answer 4

Discovery of Gold
Farmers to farm in California
Fur to create clothes and then sell on

Question 5

Impact on America

Answer 5

The fur created clothes that kept them warm in winter but cold in summer
They made Indians angrier as people were travelling across where the Indians had settled, although it wasn’t legally theirs

Question 6

Factors that helped them

Answer 6

There was fur everywhere so supplies were never limited
Trails
Guides/maps
New wagons

Question 7

Factors that hindered them

Answer 7

Indians attacking - they couldn’t really do much until they produced weapons as well
Geography - flat apart from Rockies and Sierra Nevada mountains
Weather - hot in summer, freezing in winter and dry

Question 8

When were the Pioneers

Answer 8

1830’s and 1840’s