Question

Which of the following challenges did travelers on the Oregon Trail often face in the mid-1800s?

Answer 1

The correct answer is B; Crossing the Great Plains.

Further Explanation:

When travelers crossed the Great Plains while on the Oregon Trail they went mostly in wagon trains. This is when many families traveled behind each other in lines of wagons. Men would accompany the wagon trains on horseback in the front and back of the wagon trains.

There were hundreds of thousands of people who used the trail to migrate to the west.

Some of the risks they faced were;

• Disease
• Swollen rivers
• Crossing the rivers
• Deaths
• Terrain
• Indian Attacks but this happened more on the Santa Fe Trail.

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