Based on the map, which trail would the Mormons (who settled in Utah after being driven from Illinois) have used?

A.

Santa Fe Trail

B.

Old Spanish Trail

C.

Oregon Trail

D.

Mormon Trail

C) The Mormon trail is the answer.

After Joseph Smith's murder in 1844, the Latter Day Saints or Mormons abandoned their homes in Nauvoo, IL in fear that mobs would soon come to destroy them. After traversing over 1,000 miles across Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah the first. Laramie, where the pioneers crossed the river and joined the Oregon Trail. So your answer is the Mormon trail.