American west

'Describe the difficulties faced by people migrating West in wagon trains in the 1840s'

I have 2 points which are bad weather and bad terrain but I don't have a third point. Could anyone help me?

Reply 1

Wordnerd2

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You could talk about the hostile Indians trying to attack. The mormons arranged themselves in a circle at night to protect them from attacks and this is a reason why they successfully migrated
hope that helps.

Reply 2

Wallflower1

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Original post by Wordnerd2

You could talk about the hostile Indians trying to attack. The mormons arranged themselves in a circle at night to protect them from attacks and this is a reason why they successfully migrated
hope that helps.

Thank you! :biggrin:

Reply 3

Wordnerd2

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Original post by Wallflower1

Thank you! :biggrin:

Its okay, history gcse eh?

Reply 4

Erebor

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Try this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westward_Expansion_Trails

Reply 5

Wallflower1

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Original post by Wordnerd2

Its okay, history gcse eh?

Yeah ://

Reply 6

Wordnerd2

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I do American west, medicine and surgery, what about you?

Reply 7

Wallflower1

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Original post by Wordnerd2

I do American west, medicine and surgery, what about you?

American west, crime & punishment and impact of war on Britain. I wish I did medicine and surgery, sounds much more interesting

Reply 8

OliviaBaggaley

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You could also write about how they had little supplies such as water in the bad conditions which could also make the journey difficult

Reply 9

sjohnson98

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Health issues, lack of supplies... Bison were dying out after decades of overhunting, and seriously, the health issues were legit. Disease was a HUGE killer. Thousands upon thousands of people died going west.

Reply 10

Wallflower1

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Original post by OliviaBaggaley

You could also write about how they had little supplies such as water in the bad conditions which could also make the journey difficult

Thank you! :smile:

Reply 11

Wallflower1

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Original post by sjohnson98

Health issues, lack of supplies... Bison were dying out after decades of overhunting, and seriously, the health issues were legit. Disease was a HUGE killer. Thousands upon thousands of people died going west.

Thank you for your help! :biggrin:

Reply 12

OliviaBaggaley

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Original post by Wallflower1

Thank you for your help! :biggrin:

Anytime!

Reply 13

sjohnson98

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Original post by Wallflower1

Thank you for your help! :biggrin:

Let me know if you need anything else! Also, this is far from accurate (it's not horrible but Vox did a piece on what's better) but may be something you didn't grow up with on your side of the pond and it's fantastic: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990

Quick tip: Name the members of the wagon party after people you hate. And be the banker.

Reply 14

Wallflower1

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Original post by sjohnson98

Let me know if you need anything else! Also, this is far from accurate (it's not horrible but Vox did a piece on what's better) but may be something you didn't grow up with on your side of the pond and it's fantastic: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990

Quick tip: Name the members of the wagon party after people you hate. And be the banker.