Who was the Donner Party?
Donner Party

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Social Studies
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4th Grade
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Hard
John Robinson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A group of 77 settlers led by John C. Fremont
A group of 87 settlers, led by George Donner, who traveled to California
A group of 50 mountain men searching for new land
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What happened to the Donner Party during their catastrophic trip to California?
The travelers wanted to take a shortcut but got stuck/trapped in the snow for 6 months.
Their food ran out
Only 48 out of 87 travelers made it out alive
All of the above happened to the Donner Party
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What party spent 4 months trapped in the snow of the Sierra Nevada?
Beckworth Party
Donner Party
Pioneer Party
Bidwell-Bartleson Party
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What mountain range did pioneers have to cross to get to Alta California by land?
Sierra Nevada
Coastal Mountain Range
Appalachians
There were no mountains
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
From Hastings Cutoff, A Wrong Turn for the Donner Party: Of the 87 members of the party, how many survived to reach California?
48
58
68
78
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
From Hastings Cutoff, A Wrong Turn for the Donner Party: The Donner Party left ______ in May of 1846.
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kentucky
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who led the Donner Party?
John Sutter and James Marshall
George Donner and James F. Reed
Sam Brannan and Louise Clapp
John C. Frémont and James K. Polk
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