Western migration

4. Many early western explorers were fur trappers known as mountain ______.
7. The Donner Party began their journey from ______, Missouri.
10. A major problem for the Donner Party: early heavy ______ in the mountains.
11. Mountain range where the Donner Party became trapped: Sierra ______.
12. Nevada Donner Party reached the ______ Mountains in October 1846.
13. One cause of westward migration: cheap ______ for farming.
14. The Donner Party took the unproven shortcut called the Hastings ______.
17. Early pioneers followed the Oregon ______ westward.

1. The US gained huge western lands after winning the Mexican-______ War.
2. Settlers travelled in ______.
3. The Great Salt ______ was one of the difficult landscapes on the cutoff route.
5. The first rescue party reached the Donner Party in ______ (month).
6. the act that created the Permanent Indian Frontier: Indian ______ Act (1830).
8. John O’Sullivan said expansion was America’s “manifest ______.”
9. ______ destiny – The belief that Americans were destined to expand west.
15. Only ______-eight members of the Donner Party survived.
16. Some members of the Donner Party survived by resorting to ______.