Passing Through the Great Basin
This is a no gum
class. Please dispose
of it properly!
Put
together Chapter 5 packet:
Chapter 5 Study Guide
Early U.S. Expansion notes
Pioneers Groups Passing Through Utah
notes
Donner Party notes
Do NOT put the map in your packet!!
Fremont Reading & Map/Timeline activity
 Where should your backpack be?
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History Objective –
We will prepare for
the exam by
reviewing the study
guide.
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Language Objective –
We will listen to, give
answers and write
the important details
from the activity.
Behavior Objective – Participation & Work
Ethic: We will listen to each questions,
answer the ones given to us, and write the
important details in our notes.
Question #1 What
contributions did the
earliest pioneers to pass
through Utah make to the
people who came after
them and Utah history?
Question #2 Who was John Question #3 What does the
C. Fremont and what were term “Manifest Destiny”
some of his contributions? mean and how did this idea
contribute to the
settlement of Utah and the
West?
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Map Test
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20. Which countries (3 at
least) claimed the land in the
West?
Mexico, Great Britain, U.S., Russia
21. What country claimed Utah
during this time?
Mexico (formerly Spain)
19. What role did Miles Goodyear
have in Hastings Cutoff, and how
did this contribute to the future
settlement of Ogden?
He created Fort Buenaventura to
supply pioneers on their way to
California and the supplies he had
there helped settlers get Ogden
started.
16. Describe what happened to
the Donner-Reed party
They took the Hastings Cutoff to
California, which wasted
valuable time, and got
snowbound in the Sierra Nevada.
Some people become cannibals
to survive.
17. What were some of the
reasons the Donner-Reed party
met with disaster? (3-4
reasons)
-Left later in the year on their journey
-Took the Hastings Cutoff
-Cut a trail through Echo and Emigration
Canyons wasting time
-Were slowed by deserts in Nevada
-Took time to rest before crossing mtns
18. Who was Patty Reed and what
did she do?
She was one of the Reed daughters
who wrote a letter (primary source)
about the Donner Party’s
experiences.
15. Describe each of these
groups with two facts about
each of them. Bryant Party
Group of men who rode mules
through Hastings Cutoff to
California
15. Describe each of these
groups with two facts about
each of them. Harlan-Young
Group
First group to take wagons through
Utah’s mountains, cut a trail
through Weber Canyon
15. Describe each of these
groups with two facts about
each of them. Lienhard Party
Group of immigrants from
Germany/Switzerland who wanted
free land in Cali. Took Hastings
Cutoff to get to California.
14. What was the Hastings
Cutoff?
A “short cut” to California promoted
by Lansford Hastings that turned
out to be longer and more
dangerous than the regular
California Trail.
13. Who was Lansford Hastings
and what did he do?
An American lawyer who went to
California and wanted to take it from
Mexico so he tried to encourage
pioneer to go there with his book
“An Emigrant’s Guide to California
and Oregon”.
9. What was the nickname of
John C. Fremont?
Pathfinder
10. What was the purpose of his
1853 expedition?
To find a route for the Transcontinental
Railroad
11. What were some of Fremont’s
contributions?
Maps of the West; knowledge of
plants, animals, soil
12. Who was Kit Carson and what
did he do?
A former Mountain Man who help
guide John C. Fremont’s expedition
through Utah and beyond.
5. The first known wagon train
to cross northern Utah belonged
to the _____________________
Bidwell-Bartleson Party
6. Mrs. _____________ ( with
her baby daughter) was the
first white women to enter
Utah.
Kesley
7. What were the two trails
called people were using to go
west from the U.S.?
1) Oregon Trail
2) California Trail
8. What were the names of the
forts build to supply pioneers
on their journey?
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Fort Hall
Fort Laramie
Fort Bridger
Fort Kearney
Sutter’s Fort (Fort Sutter)
1. What did John O’Sullivan
mean when he used the term
“Manifest Destiny”?
The U.S. had the right to take any
land it wanted by buying it, getting
it through a treaty, or through war.
2. Why were people moving from
the East to the West?
Free land, bad economy in the East,
disease, better climate in the west,
Manifest Destiny
3. Who originally made the
trails that the pioneers were
using
Native Americans
4. How did the pioneers learn
about the trails?
Mountain Men had “discovered”
them and guided many pioneers on
the trails.
This is a no gum
class. Please dispose
of it properly!
Take
out your study guide.
Finish the essay outline.
Be ready to start the test when the
bell rings.
Where should your backpack be?
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First: Complete the essay.
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Second: Turn in your completed essay in
your box.
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Third: Get an ipad and log into Canvas. Take
the Chapter 5 test.
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Fourth: Turn in your study guide and notes.
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If you finish everything, check your grades
and redo the counties test if necessary.
Then put the ipad back and read a book.
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