Chapter 5 Social Studies Flashcards
Emigrants were heading for…..
California
Why didn’t pioneers want to live in Nevada?
No water and too dry
A covered wagon is a…
Prairie Schooner
What was not in the Forty Mile Desert?
WATER
Pioneer
A person who was first to settle in a new place
Wagon Train
A group of wagons following each other
Cholera
A disease that causes stomach cramps
Disease
Sickness
Emigrant
Someone who leaves one place to settle in another
Donner Party
The group that was caught in a deadly snowstorm
Explorer and trapper who guided Bidwell-Bartleson
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Chief Truckee
Guided Stephens-Murphy-Townsend
What is Bidwell-Bartleson famous for
First group to cross Great Basin
Th most famous trail
Oregon Trail
Why were emigrants heading west
To start a new life
Too crowded where they lived
To earn money
Why didn’t the pioneers stay in Nevada
Too hot and dry
What challenges did the pioneers face?
Unfriendly Indians
Cold weather
Arguments
Disease
What trails did they use
Oregon Trail Death Valley Trail Old Spanish Trail Bartleson- Bidwell Trail Donner Trail
