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They made the Oregon Trail so that they could have a faster way through the states.

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How did this help expand the United States to fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny?

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How did this help expand the United States to fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny?

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People wanted to expand around the United States and this was one of the ways to do it. From 1841-1869 people would use the Oregon Trail to not only goldmine and trade but to settle into new land and find more space to farm.

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During the time of the Oregon Trail people would use it to travel from Missouri all the way to Oregon to do things like trade fur. Also, people caught certain diseases from the Oregon Trail. One of them was cholera. Cholera is bacteria that would get on your food. When someone eats the food it will flood your intestines with excess water. Another disease was diphtheria, diphtheria was an airborne bacterial disease that would be in your throat and nose and it would make it hard to breathe. Sometimes you might have uncontrollable drooling, deep cough and chills.

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How long did it take to go on a journey across the Oregon Trail?

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How long did it take to go on a journey across the Oregon Trail?

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It took six months if you are traveling by wagon and the trail was 2,000 miles long.

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The Oregon Trail was used by Native American Indians and Fur traders.

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"The Oregon Trail covered over 2000 miles originally starting in Independence, Missouri from where it followed the Platte River westwards, crossing the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada Mountains and then crossed Wyoming and ended Oregon City in the Willamette Valley in Oregon."

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The event went on from 1830 to 1869.