Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of the Oregon Trail

1. On May 22, 1843, how many pioneers headed west on the Oregon Trail?

10

50

100

500

1000

2. How long is the Oregon Trail?

2,170 miles

5,000 miles

200 miles

10 miles

1,000 miles

3. How many months did it take the pioneers to travel the Oregon Trail?

1 month

5 months

1 year

1.5 years

6 years

4. The first Oregon Trail pioneers left the Midwest in order to pursue what industry?

Panning

Knitting

Technology

Farming

Fishing

5. What state, for whom cattle ranching is central, traded cattle with Oregon Trail emigrants?

New Mexico

Montana

California

Arizona

Texas

6. Who originally laid the tracks for what would become the Oregon Trail?

Cattlemen

Gold diggers

Investigators

Conquistadors

Fur traders

7. The first wagon train set out from where in 1836?

Independence, Missouri

Truth, Nebraska

Verity, Illinois

Kansas City, Kansas

Butte, Montana

8. Who were the first Americans to make it to Oregon?

Jefferson and Clark

Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Jefferson

Fremont and Clark

Astor and Fremont

9. The construction of what saw a precipitous drop in the Oregon Trail?

Pony Express

Western Union

Transatlantic Line

Panama Canal

Transcontinental Railroad

10. How many people total used the Oregon Trail?

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000