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President Polk advertised the idea of Manifest Destiny. And this ideology never caused anyone to settle in the US west. At the end of the Mexican-American War, the U.S. gained an area of land called the Mexican Cession. California was part of this. It became a state as part of the Compromise of 1850. California was populated mostly by migrant workers near the time of it's annexation, but events such as the gold rush caused many to see California as a place of wealth and prosperity. Many citizens traveled to California to seek gold and to take advantage of cheap prices of land.
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Who used the California trail?
Wagon trains of '49ers on their way to the California gold fields-
Where did most wagon trains leave from to go west to California and Oregon?
st. louis
What were the groups of covered wagons called?
It is not wagon trains. Groups of covered wagons are called prairie schooners. But we can also call it wagon trains, I guess.
Where did the first cattle and horse arrive in California from?
The first modern horses in California were brought by the Spanish.The first cattle in California were brought by settlers on wagon trains from the US.
How many months did it take to travel by land in wagon trains?
To travel by land in wagon trains, it took two months.
What term is refers to a wagon used in the wagon trains headed to the American west?
chuck wagon
How did pioneers migrate west?
The pioneers migrated west with the help of the covered wagon and wagon trains. The wagon trains were the safest form of travel because of the sheer volume of people.
In the wild west days the wagon trains were asked to form a something when being attacked?
The wagon trains were to form a circle when they were being attacked.
The long line of covered wagons was called?
Wagon trains.
Did wagon trains travel by water or land?
By land.
How do wagon trains cross rivers?
pioneers found high spots in the river to cross with their wagon
Where did most of the pioneers settle?
out in the open, in circles with their wagon trains
