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Americans, who wanted to carry out Manifest Destiny.

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The Oregon Trail happened because the Americans wanted to fulfill Manifest Destiny. Some people went on the Oregon Trail to spread their religion. Others went to get rid of debt, or start a farm or business.

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About 1811-1840

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People traveled westward into Oregon to fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny.
People traveled in wagons, pulled by oxen and mules. People had to leave most of their possessions behind as they could not bring much. It took 5 months for a wagon train to arrive.

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The Oregon Trail was about 2,000 miles, and it went from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon.

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The Oregon Trail stretched through as many as six different states: Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon.

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This helped the United Sates fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny because the idea of Manifest Destiny was the idea that America would expand westward and it was justifiable that they did. So America expanded westward into Oregon and carried out Manifest Destiny

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50 years before the Civil War.

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There were many dangers to the Oregon Trail, such as diseases like cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, typhoid fever, and measles. Other dangers consisted of bad weather and accidents while trying to move wagons across rivers and mountains.