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Study Guide Pioneer Life Social Studies, Grade 5
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PIONEER
LIFE
What
was
Pioneer
Life
Like
in
the
1700's
and
the
1800's?
Pioneers
depended
upon
the
environment
for
their
food,
clothing,
and
shelter.
Food
One
source
of
food
for
the
pioneers
was
fish.
Pioneer
farmers
grew
their
own
food.
Roots
and
berries
were
gathered
from
the
forest.
Deer,
bison,
squirrels,
and
birds
were
hunted
for
food.
The
Native
Americans
taught
the
pioneers
how
to
make
maple
syrup
from
maple
sap
to
sweeten
their
food.
Rivers,
lakes,
and
streams
provided
water
for
drinking.
Clothing
A
plant
called
flax
provided
the
pioneers
with
linen
for
clothing.
Pioneers
spun
wool
taken
from
sheep
into
thread
to
make
cloth.
Animal
skins
were
another
source
of
clothing.
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Shelter
Pioneers
on
the
prairies
built
houses
of
earth
known
as
sod
houses.
Pioneers
in
forested
areas
built
houses
called
log
cabins.
Pioneers
in
hilly
areas
cut
homes
into
the
sides
of
hills.
These
homes
were
called
dugouts.
Trails
The
Wilderness
Road:
a
trail
westward
built
in
1775
by
Daniel
Boone
and
his
men
The
National
Road:
a
road
built
by
the
government
in
1811
to
join
the
East
with
the
Northwest
Territory
The
Oregon
Trail:
the
2000-mile
long
road
that
ended
in
Oregon
The
Santa
Fe
Trail:
the
road
that
ran
from
Independence,
Missouri
to
Santa
Fe,
New
Mexico
The
California
Trail:
the
trail
that
ran
from
Idaho
to
California
The
Mormon
Trail:
the
trail
used
by
the
Mormons
to
reach
Utah
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Transportation
Conestoga
wagons
were
wagons
used
by
pioneer
families
to
carry
their
belongings
westward.
They
were
nicknamed
prairie
schooners
because
their
canvas
tops
looked
like
the
sails
on
a
sailboat.
Stagecoaches
(early
1800's)
were
wagons
for
passengers
pulled
by
horses.
Steamboats
(1807)
were
boats
powered
by
steam
engines.
The
Erie
Canal
(1825)
was
dug
in
New
York
State.
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Keelboats
were
boats
with
large
hulls
moved
by
oars
or
poles.
Flatboats
were
boats
with
flat
bottoms
and
square
ends
that
were
used
to
carry
goods
on
calm
waterways.
Locomotives
(1830)
powered
railroad
trains.
The
Transcontinental
Railroad
(1869)
ran
across
the
United
States.
The
western
and
eastern
parts
of
the
Transcontinental
Railroad
met
in
Promontory,
Utah.
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