Pioneers

Question 1

What problems did the donner party face

Answer 1

1. the Indians raded them on the salt lake.
2. The party split at fort bridger
3. Winter came early and they starved

Question 2

Who was the leaders of the donner party

Answer 2

Jacob and George donner- brothers

Question 3

How many was in the donner party

Answer 3

60 wagons + 300 emigrants

Question 4

What year did the Goulds move to the west

Answer 4

1862

Question 5

What problems did the Goulds face

Answer 5

1. Got caught in storms which made the prairies very muddy

Question 6

Who lead the Gould party

Answer 6

Jane and Albert Gould

Question 7

What year did the Sagars move to the west

Answer 7

1844

Question 8

Who was in the sagar party

Answer 8

Henry and Naomi sagar

Question 9

What main problem did the sagars face when

Answer 9

Camp fever hit and killed Henry and Naomi leaving their children homeless

Question 10

What happened with the breakout of measles with the Sagars

Answer 10

In 1847 measles broke out and the whitmans tried helping the Indians but rumours got round that the whitmans were secretly killing the Indian children so the Indians killed them

Question 11

What were the push factors for going to the west

Answer 11

1. The economic crisis hit
2. It was crowded with farms so farmers wanted to move away
3. People came to America for a new life so moved to the west

Question 12

What were the pull factors

Answer 12

1. Fur trappers said great stories
2. New life
3. The soil was fertile

Question 13

What year did the donner party travel to the west

Answer 13

1846

Question 14

What where the push factors

Answer 14

1836 economic crisis hit
1839 unemployment
Overcrowding