SS8 STAAR Snippet - Multipart - Oregon Trail
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2 questions
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This question has two parts. The excerpt below describes the experiences of pioneers on the Oregon Trail in the mid-nineteenth century.
The Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2,170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It was not a road in any modern sense, only parallel ruts leading across endless prairie, sagebrush desert, and mountains....... The promise of free land inspired many to take on and complete the difficult journey.... In summer, water sources dried up, oxen perished and families endured thirst. Others experienced starvation when they brought insufficient food supplies and found it impossible to live off the land. - "Basic Facts about the Oregon Trail," National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
Part A
Based on the excerpt, which effect did physical geography have on westward expansion?
This question has two parts. The excerpt below describes the experiences of pioneers on the Oregon Trail in the mid-nineteenth century.
The Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2,170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It was not a road in any modern sense, only parallel ruts leading across endless prairie, sagebrush desert, and mountains...
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... The promise of free land inspired many to take on and complete the difficult journey.
... In summer, water sources dried up, oxen perished and families endured thirst. Others experienced starvation when they brought insufficient food supplies and found it impossible to live off the land. - "Basic Facts about the Oregon Trail," National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
Part A
Based on the excerpt, which effect did physical geography have on westward expansion?
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Part B
Which statement provides evidence for the answer to Part A?
Part B
Which statement provides evidence for the answer to Part A?