Chapter 13 Lesson 1 Quiz

Which of these countriese did not claim the Oregon Country

• Russia

• Britain

• France

• Spain

When they signed the Adams-Onis Treat, the Spanish gave up their claim to Oregon.

• True

• False

"Joint Occupation" meant that Americans could settle in the Oregon Country and so could the _______.

• Russians

• Chinese

• Spanish

• British

Which of these statements is true of the Whitman family?

• They believed the could convert the Cayuse to Christianity

• They moved to California after fold was discovered

• They died in a measles epidemic, which also killed Native Americans

• They prevented people from settleing in Oregon Country

Which term did newspaperman John O'Sullivan make popular?

• "Fifty-four Forty or Fight"

• "Remember the Alamo"

• "Manifest Destiny"

• Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too"

Which of these statements about Manifest Destiny is true?

• James K. Polk was against it.

• It would open navigation on the Mississippi River

• Thouseands of Americans became emigrants because of it.

• It protected the rights of Native Americans.

The mountain men carved out the first trails to the Oregon Country

• true

• false

49 N referes to the ________

• average temperature in the Northwest

• the boundary between the British and American parts of Oregon

• steepest angle of the Rocky Mountains

• the border of Oregon James K. Polk demanded

Covered wagons were called "prairie schooners" because they were powered by wind.

• true

• false

Why did mountain men have to give up trapping beaver?

• they were driven out by Native Americans

• They could make more moeny leading wagon trains to Oregon

• farmers had claimed most of the land

• There was a shortage of beaver due to overtrapping.