1. What are 5 essential items that you would need to bring.
If you were going to take a major journey through the wilderness,
What are 5 essential items that you would need to bring.

2. Trails West Chapter 13.1

3. The Lure of the West
Many people viewed the West as a chance to make MONEY

4. The Lure of the West
Who Went West What they wanted
Land Speculators
Buy large amounts of Western Lands and sell it in smaller parts for a profit

5. The Lure of the West Own Their Own Farm Who Went West What they wanted
Settlers
Own Their Own Farm

6. The Lure of the West Who Went West What they wanted
Manufactures & Merchants
Earn money by making and selling items to farmers

7. Find Jobs or Escape their debt
The Lure of the West
Who Went West What they wanted
Others
Find Jobs or Escape their debt

9. New Market to sell Goods
Three Main Trails
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Starts at:
Ends at:
 St. Louis
Sante Fe, New Mexico
Miles
 800
Who travels the route:
 Traders
Why were they traveling the route
 New Market to sell Goods

11. Independence, Missouri
Three Main Trails
Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail
Starts at:
Ends at:
 Independence, Missouri
Oregon
Miles
 2000
Who travels the route:
 Missionaries &
Settlers
Why were they traveling the route
 The Perfect Land

12. Oregon Trail Rumors The sun always shone Wheat grew as tall as a man
Pigs were running about round and fat and already cooked, with forks and knives sticking out of them so you can cut off a slice whenever you were hungry.

14. Three Main Trails Mormon Trail Mormon Trail Starts at: Ends at:
Mormon Trail
Starts at:
Ends at:
 Nauvoo, Illinois
Salt Lake City, Utah
Miles
 N/A
Who travels the route:
Mormons
Why were they traveling the route
Religious Freedom