US History Name:_______________________Date:___________

OREGON TRAIL: WEBQUEST

The Oregon Trail was a route that settlers used to travel from the Eastern United States to
the West. This trail was thousands of miles long and the people that traveled it faced many
hardships.

Directions: Use the links below to answer the questions that follow.

Introduction:
http://oregontrail101.com/introduction.html

1. What 6 states would not be part of the US without the trail?

2. How long was the trail? _________________________ Miles.

3. How many people died while traveling along the trail? _____________________________

4. What were the 3 real enemies of the settlers?

Discoveries:
http://oregontrail101.com/discoverers.html

5. Who were Lewis and Clark?

6. What did John Jacob Astor attempt to do?

7. Who were the “Mountain Men?”

“Jumping Off”:
http://oregontrail101.com/jumping.html

8. What river leaves St. Louis?

9. What are 3 of the jumping off places?

The Route West:

http://oregontrail101.com/routewest.html

10. Why did people prefer to walk instead of take a boat?

11. How long did it take...

By Boat? By Wagon/Walking?

Power:
http://oregontrail101.com/power.html

12. What animal pulled the wagons?

13. What is the only problem with this animal?

Hardships:
http://oregontrail101.com/hardships.html

14. What is the problem with the following things?

River Crossings

Walking

Accidents

Weather

Cholera

Camping:
http://oregontrail101.com/camping.html

15. What was buffalo dung used for?

16. What was the problem with cooking outside?

Buffalo:
http://oregontrail101.com/buffallo.html

17. How did settlers describe seeing buffalo?

18. What did the settlers do to the buffalo?