American Pioneers and the Wagons West Video

American Pioneers and the Wagons West Video. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Wagon Trains West. Learn about Wagons West. Examine the development of the overland trails and learn what it was like to travel through the untamed American West. Learn why the Great Plains presented a barrier to westward expansion.
• Discover the reasons many Americans set out on westward trails during the early nineteenth century.
• Explore how the pioneers and U.S. government protected westward travellers and locate and identify the trails used by the pioneers.
• Discover the experiences of a covered wagon pioneer.
• Identify some of the landmarks that guided travelers west.
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