Bell Work for Thursday, 2/27

Define the following key terms from page 454 in your textbook:

1. dictatorship2. siege3. annex4. cede

Santa Fe Trail Oregon Trail

Santa Fe Trail

Trade route with Mexico

First let by William Becknell

Dangerous rivers, quicksand, desert, mountains

Busy international trading route

Oregon Trail Missionaries were the first group to travel the Trail

2000 miles from Missouri to Oregon

Five month journey

10% of travelers died (disease or accident)

Dust and unclean water were hazards

Traveled together – safety in numbers

50,000 people moved to Oregon on the Trail

Fur Trade in Oregon

John Jacob Astor -Made millions as first fur trader in Oregon (Astoria)-Found the South Pass through the Rockies that opened up the Oregon Trail

Mountain Men Exposed to bitter cold,

intense heat, wild animal attacks

Once a year they would meet to swap furs or supplies

Charged high prices for fur

Eventually moved back east

--Became farmers, merchants, or

bankers--Some stayed as guides for wagon trains

Missionaries on the Oregon TrailThe first white Eastern travelers were missionaries.

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, Whitman Mission

Use your book (p. 449) to fill in information about what happened between the Whitmans and the Cayuse Indians (2 sentences).

Life on the Oregon Trail

Few possessions and tools.Disease, accidents, natural disasters.

“Monday, June 13th: This has been a long hard day’s travel. Came 30 miles through sand and dust…tomorrow we will come to the first poison water. There will be no more good water for about 25 miles.”

--Diary of Mrs. Amelia Stewart Knight, 1853

What can you infer from the two quotes above about traveling to and living in the West? (45 seconds to answer in your notes).

Women in the West

Women did manual labor just like men on the farms in the West.

Native Americans and SettlersSouthern part of Oregon – mostly peacefulNorthern part of Oregon – Native Americans were angry about settlers

1850s: War began with gold discovered in Oregon. Miners killed Native Americans. Native Americans fought back.