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Was the Oregon Trail, and the Mormon Trail the same? (I know that they were for different reasons, but is the only difference the groups that traveled the trail?)

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The trails are different because the people that traveled on the Oregon Trail were searching for economic gain by settling down on farms in Oregon, while the people that traveled on the Mormon Trail settled in Utah for the social reason of being able to have freedom to practice their religion.
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