Chapter 13 - Lesson 1 The Oregon Country

One reason the U.S. claimed Oregon Country was because of

• the 1844 presidential election
• the Lewis and Clark expedition
• the Treaty of Guadalupe
• the Whitman massacre

Which philosophy meant that the U.S. was meant to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?

• Emigrant Theory
• Manifest Destiny
• Joint Occupation
• Rendezvous Philosophy

Oregon Country was part of the Louisiana Purchase

• True

• False

What group moved to the West first? 

• Mormons
• Pioneers on the Oregon Trail
• The "Mountain Men" (trappers/fur traders)
• Forty-niners

Fur trapper

• Jedediah Smith

• Narcissa Whitman

• John Q. Adams

• John Tyler

Fur traders and trappers in the western territory

• Mountain Men
• Trail Blazers
• Fur Men
• Hipsters

A gathering place where trappers sold furs, bought supplies, and socialized

• The Great Encounter

• Rendezvous

• Bear River Dance

• Beard-A-Rama

This trapper later led pioneers on the Oregon Trail.

• James K. Polk

• Daniel Webster

• Jim Bridger

• John Tyler

missionary

• Jedediah Smith

• Narcissa Whitman

• John Quincy Adams

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

This Democrat was a little known candidate from Tennessee who wanted to add Texas and Oregon Country to the Union. He was elected the president in 1844.

• Andrew Jackson

• James Monroe

• James Polk

• Martin Van Buren