It began as an unconnected series of trails used by Native Americans for traders expanded the road to transport pelts to trading Post and rendezvouses in the 1830s missionaries followed, distill Saint trail along the plateau river, and the snake to Sablić church connections in the northwest accommodation of economic and political events in the 1840s converged to start a large scale migration West on t what was then known as the Oregon Rd., Joelle Walker is credited as the first settler to make the complete trip with a Family and 1840 large scale. Mormons escaping the persecution, headed towards Salt Lake and the discovery of gold in California and 1848 Santa ways of Fortune seekers West military post traded posts. Short cuts, and spur. Roads sprang off the Oregon Trail over the next three decades. -department of the interior
Use the passage to answer the question, which of the following best summarizes this passage
• the Oregon Trail was first used by Mormons fleeting religious persecution
• the Oregon Trail grew from small beginnings to a major migration route
• the Oregon Trail was made more accessible by missionaries who helped define the route
•The Oregon Trail was developed by the military to monitor interactions between Native American groups