Ch. 13 Lesson 1: The Oregon Country

Oregon Country was which direction from California?

• East

• North

• South

• West

Which philosophy meant that the United States was meant to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?

• Emigrant Theory

• Joint Occupation

• Manifest Destiny

• Rendezvous Philosophy

What was a frequent problem that pioneers faced along the Oregon Trail?

• fatigue

• food shortages

• illness

• Native American attacks

The main route that settlers took through the Rocky Mountains to Oregon was called the

• East Pass.

• West Pass.

• North Pass.

• South Pass.

One reason the United States claimed Oregon Country was because of

• the 1844 presidential election.

• the Lewis and Clark expedition.

• the Treaty of Guadalupe.

• the Whitman massacre.

_____________ was a missionary to the Cayuse in Oregon Country.

• Henry Clay

• Narcissa Whitman

• John Jacob Astor

• John Quincy Adams

_____________ was an American merchant who owned the largest fur company in the United States.

• Henry Clay

• Narcissa Whitman

• John Jacob Astor

• John Quincy Adams

_____________ negotiated a treaty with Spain to obtain Florida and claims on Oregon Country.

• Henry Clay

• Narcissa Whitman

• John Jacob Astor

• John Quincy Adams

A fur trapper who sometimes became a trail guide for those moving west.

• John Jacob Astor

• John Jacob Jingleheimerschimdt

• mountain man

• Davy Crockett

He won the presidential election of 1844 with the slogan "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!"

• Henry Clay

• John Q. Adams

• William Henry Harrison

• James K. Polk