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people moved on the organ trial to get more land because not to many people lived in east but tons of good land was there so the automatically moved but the jurney was very dangures.

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What was the most important overland route for American migration to the far west?

The Oregon Trail. In 1843, a large wagon train of 1,000 people went on the journey on a path called, "The Oregon Trail" to find new land and new lives. These settlers did not know they were about to make either the best choice of their lives or the worst choice they have ever made. The Oregon trail became popular after people started to find out how many people actually made it to their destination so they started to move to. So many people had made it but not all could see what life was like at their dream home in another land. Between 1840 and 1860 The California Trail had attracted over 250,000 thousand people, but the Oregon Trail attracted well over 300,000 farmers, business men, miners and pioneers.


What was the sedalia trail?

A cattle drive trail to move cattle from Texas to Missouri


How did the railroads change the west?

One thing the Transcontinental Railroad did for the west was eliminating the Oregon Trail. Essentially, you could move to the West (California predominantly) without the hardships, many times death, that came with traveling the Oregon Trail.


What impacts did the fur trade have on native people?

The Fur Trade made the Native people have to leave their land. This is because their was less animals for the Native People which made them have to move ; New France, for the Fur Trade


What happened to the Cherokee when the settlers arrived?

When Christopher Columbus arrived in America, he thought he was in India, which was where he was trying to go. That's how they got the name "Indians". The settlers pushed all Native Americans out of New England and westward. That is why you don't see many Native American tribes in New England anymore.

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What made Indians move to Oklahoma Missouri?

The Indian Removal Act led them on the Trail of Tears.


What did people do on the Trail of Tears?

The US military, ordered by the President, forcibly removed the Cherokee people from their homes in the Eastern US, and made them move (walking) to Oklahoma. During the movement, about 1/3 of all Cherokee people in the world died.


What was the most important overland route for American migration to the far west?

The Oregon Trail. In 1843, a large wagon train of 1,000 people went on the journey on a path called, "The Oregon Trail" to find new land and new lives. These settlers did not know they were about to make either the best choice of their lives or the worst choice they have ever made. The Oregon trail became popular after people started to find out how many people actually made it to their destination so they started to move to. So many people had made it but not all could see what life was like at their dream home in another land. Between 1840 and 1860 The California Trail had attracted over 250,000 thousand people, but the Oregon Trail attracted well over 300,000 farmers, business men, miners and pioneers.


What was the chisholm trail and why did it develop?

a cattle trail, a faster way to move cattle in 1867


What two trails did americans take to move west?

Oregon Trail & Santa Fe Trail


What was the sedalia trail?

A cattle drive trail to move cattle from Texas to Missouri


Why did people move west around 1849?

They went on the Oregon trail because Oregon Had better places for hunting, trapping, and fishing :)


What happened to Cherokee Indian?

they diedPerhaps the most infamous thing that happened to the People was known as the Trail of Tears. They were forced out of their homes inthe Eastern US, and made to walk to a reservation in Oklahoma. About 1/3 of all the Cherokee people in the world died on that movement. Some of the People were able to avoid being made to move- today the Cherokee Nation is divided, with People in the East and West.


What happened to Cherokee?

they diedPerhaps the most infamous thing that happened to the People was known as the Trail of Tears. They were forced out of their homes inthe Eastern US, and made to walk to a reservation in Oklahoma. About 1/3 of all the Cherokee people in the world died on that movement. Some of the People were able to avoid being made to move- today the Cherokee Nation is divided, with People in the East and West.


John Ross led thousands of Cherokee people when they were forced to move from Georgia to Oklahoma.What name is the trip known?

This was called the 'Trail of Tears'


Trail of Tears 1838?

The Trail of Tears relative to this specific year is the year that the Cherokee were moved, or the beginning of that move.


How did the railroads change the west?

One thing the Transcontinental Railroad did for the west was eliminating the Oregon Trail. Essentially, you could move to the West (California predominantly) without the hardships, many times death, that came with traveling the Oregon Trail.