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Question 6 (1.5 points)

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What were some dangers faced on the trails westward?
no limit to answers 2 or more
Question 6 options:

Cholera/ Dysentary


loss of telegraph signal


gunfire/wagon wheel injuries


lots of tornadoes

Answer 1

Cholera/Dysentary that is the answer

Answer 2

Emigrants feared death from a variety of causes along the trail: lack of food or water; Indian attacks; accidents or rattlesnake bites were a few. But the number one killer, by a wide margin, was disease. The most dangerous diseases were those spread by poor sanitary conditions and personal contact.

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