Humanities Homework Help

https://www.3cmediasolutions.org/privid/327113?key… Watch the documentary If you have trouble with the link above, it can be accessed at https://www.3cmediasolutions.org/privid/327113?key… then answer the following questions

1. Why did the Donners and Reeds choose to take the Hastings Cutoff? What were some of the major problems that Hastings’ route posed for the Donner Party? Who do you feel was most responsible for the tragedy that befell the Donner Party, and why do you feel they were more responsible than others in the discussion?
2. What personalities and skills within the Donner Party were present, and how did they play into how the tragedy ultimately developed? Be sure to discuss decision-making by the group as well as conflicts that arose (and how they were ultimately dealt with).
3. Before the Donner Party, expansion and settlement in the West was highly romanticized. How did their horrific trek to California serve to bring Americans back to reality? Did the Donner Party have much impact on the myth of Westward Expansion and the idealized ideas about the frontier? Why or why not?