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Earn +20 ptsQ: Why did many settlers and immigrants use overland wagons to transport themselves and their goods to the western territories?
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What is overland trade?
Overland trade are trades that occur by traveling on land to the destination of trading rather than crossing oceans
The Lewis and Clark expedition demonstrated the viability of?
an overland trail to the Pacific.
How long did the overland route take after the transcontinental railroad was finished?
It took 6 years to build the transcontinental railroad which was through the years of 1863 from May 10th to the year 1869. Some say 20 years. Overland route came after.
A man with this name built the outpost that served as the western terminal for overland pioneers to California?
Sutter
What is the name of the famous trail that was the main overland route to the southwestern US before railroads?
Santa Fe
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