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propaganda, reasons for emigrating, expectations |
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/faq.html |
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trace the route, major sites along the way |
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Sites.html |
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who went, why, when? |
http://www.larned.net/trailctr/ (Scroll to the bottom of this site for great Q&A) |
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who, why (gold rush) when, expectations vs. reality |
http://www.pbs.org/goldrush/allabout.html The National California/Oregon Trail Center
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who, why, when? |
http://www.nps.gov/fola/mormon.htm |
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how did they open the West? |
http://lewisandclarktrail.com/ |
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of the West: how was their lifestyle affected by Westward migration of settlers? |
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Native.html Oregon Trail FAQ (q. 5)
Overland Trail Links: Plains Indians
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in the West: why did they go West, what were some of the problems they encountered? |
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/blakbios.html |
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wagons, walking, how did railroad affect the Oregon Trail? |
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/wagons.html |
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who were they, why were they remembered? |
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Whitman.html Whitman Mission Nat'l. Historic Site
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Great photos, info, and links! |
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Oregon Trail: natural hazards, poor decisions, results. |
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/faq.html |
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Biographies of men and women of the West. | http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/ |
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A Story in Paintings by Jacob Lawrence | http://www.columbia.edu/itc/history/odonnell/w1010/edit/migration/migration.html |
Westward Expansion
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/westward.html
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