1. Bell Work for Thursday, 2/27 Define the following key terms from page 454 in your textbook: 1. dictatorship 2. siege 3. annex 4. cede

3. Santa Fe Trail Oregon Trail

4. Santa Fe Trail Trade route with Mexico First let by William Becknell Dangerous rivers, quicksand, desert, mountains Busy international trading route

6. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Missionaries on the Oregon Trail The 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).

11. Life on the Oregon Trail Few possessions and tools. Disease, accidents, natural disasters.

12. “Monday, June 13 th : 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).

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

14. Native Americans and Settlers Southern part of Oregon – mostly peaceful Northern 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.