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People who traveled to Fort Union often had to take a train before traveling on the Santa Fe Trail. Describe two of the conditions present on an emigrant train. (Site 1)

Answer 1

Emigrant trains were jam packed and often ran full with bad conditions.

Explanation:

Emigrant trains were a unique part of the refugee crisis of the 19th century when the instability in Europe made most people wry and many who could, switched to US.

This was a sizable population from Italy, Germany and Ireland that came to the US from the east coast and were assembled at Fort union and then led Santa Fe trail.

They were packed into the trains that were full to the roof.

The trains ran slow and were often bad in condition.

But they were not entirely bad and did help the people reach their destination fast