The Mormon Pioneer Trail

The Mormon Pioneer Trail. Learning Objectives for this video:

• The Mormon Pioneer Trail. Learn about The Mormon Trail and Other Routes 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.
• Identify some of the landmarks that guided travelers west.
• Discover the reasons many Americans set out on westward trails during the early nineteenth century.
• Discover the experiences of a covered wagon pioneer.
• Explore how the pioneers and U.S. government protected westward travellers and locate and identify the trails used by the pioneers.
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