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=**The Oregon Trail:**= =A Step Towards Manifest Destiny = My objective: For students to be able to explain how the Oregon Trail contributed to the expantion of America and their goal towards "Manifest Destiny" Answer to my objective: The Oregon Trail was the only practical route to the west for many years, so many of the first western settlers traveled on the trail. Before the trail the west was uncivilized, except for the Native Americans. Once the Americans laid out the Oregon Trail, thousands of emigrants made the journy west to start their life there, therefore expanding America. In a similar way the trail contributed to "Manifest Destiny." "Manifest Destiny" is the belief that God has chosen them to be the ones to move westward and aquire western America. So the Oregon Trail helped the Americas explore and build communities in the western land, thus helping to complete their goal of "Manifest Destiny." Link to website that supports my objective answer. **This picture shows the map of the oregon trail across America.** Citation: "Oregon Trail" //Maps.//Web. 21 March 2012. **This painting shows emigrants making the journey on the Oregon Trail.** Citation: "Digging In" //Along the North Platte River, Oregon Trail.// Web. 21 March 2012.