iCivics: A Growing Nation Oregon Treaty

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What was the area known as 'Oregon Country' covered with? Options: Tundra and rivers, Grasslands and lakes, Deserts and mountains.

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Forests and waterways

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Which nation had a claim to the land of Oregon Country along with the United States?

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Great Britain

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Who won the 1844 presidential election promising to add Oregon to the United States?

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James Polk

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What was the modern-day border between California and Oregon used as the northern border of the United States?

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49th parallel

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What was the long and dangerous route called that American settlers used to travel to Oregon Country?

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Oregon Trail

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Which Native American tribes were already living in Oregon Country before the arrival of American settlers? Options: Salish, Klamath, and Nez Perce, Iroquois, Navajo, and Comanche, Shawnee, Choctaw, and Seminole, Cherokee, Sioux, and Apache

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Salish, Klamath, and Nez Perce

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What were the small, restricted areas of land called that the U.S. tried to convince Native American tribes to move to?

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Reservations

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Which tribes signed treaties only to have settlers take over the land that had been reserved for them? Options: Klamath, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Sioux

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Nez Perce

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What did the Native American tribes do to fight for their land as more settlers arrived?

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Joined together to fight

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What were the Native American tribes forced to do in order to make way for settlers?

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Sign treaties and move onto small reservations