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005911
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USA, Scholastic, 1992.
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80pBrown Spine
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If You
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Tells you what it was to be a pioneer and travel west to Oregon in the 1840s.
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Introduction
What was the Oregon territory?
Why did some people want to travel all the way to Oregon?
What was a covered wagon?
What was a wagon train?
Did anybody lead the wagon train?
What was a "trail guide"?
What kinds of people traveled West?
What would your family bring in their covered wagon?
What was the best time of the year to start the trip?
How would you cross rivers when there are no bridges?
How far would you travel in a day?
Would you ride in the wagon for the whole trip?
What were the dangers and difficulties of the trip?
Where would you sleep?
What kinds of clothes did people wear?
What would you eat?
How did you make the buffalo meat last a long time?
How would you build a fire if you did'nt have any wood?
What happened if you met Indians on the trail?
Would you go to school during the trip?
Would you see any wild animals?
Could you send a letter or receive one?
If you ran out of supplies, could you get more?
Was it hard driving the wagons over mountains?
Without road signs, how would you know where you were?
What is the Continental Divide?
What special tricks of the trail did the pioneers learn?
How do we know what it was like to travel West in a covered wagon?
Is there anything left of the old Oregon trail?
Index
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0590451588 Pb.
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006540
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USA, Scholastic, 2003.
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64pBlue Spine
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If You
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Life long ago on the Prairie was a big adventure. This book tells you what it was like to be there.
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0439414288 Pb.
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| 007023 | 978.02/KAM | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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005549
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USA, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006.
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96pBrown Spine
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Contains personal narratives from settlers and soldiers as well as profiles and accounts of the actions of many historical luminaries involved in Reconstruction and the movement west.
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Introduction
The Civil War
Reconstruction Begins: 1863-1864
The Homestead Act
The American Frontier: 1865
The First Settlers: The Native Americans
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson and Presidential Reconstruction
"Contrabands" and Freedmen
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Civil War Amendments
Land and Social Reform in the South
Sodbusters and Barbed Wire
Congressional Reconstruction
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
President Ulysses S.Grant
Corruption, Scandal, and the Civil Service
The Immigrants
Roughing It: Women on the Frontier
Wyoming Territory and Women's Suffrage
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
Prejudice, Racism, and the Ku Klux Klan
The End of Reconstruction: 1877
The Cowboy
The Cattle Drives
Map for Highways for the Herds
Broken Treaties and Reservations
The Outlaws
The Wild West in Popular Culture
The Lawmen
The Indian Wars in the Northern Plains
Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and the Sioux
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Buffalo Soldiers
Frontier Arts and Letters
Indian Wars in the Southwest
Geronimo and the Apache
The Ghost Dance
The Last Days of the Frontier: 1890
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0689865430 Hb.
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| 006256 | 978.02/McP | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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