Chapter 13 Lesson 1 Oregon Country

The Oregon Country was important to Americans because they wanted access to the gold fields in California.

• Ture

• False

In 1818 the United States and Britain went to war over the Oregon Country.

• True

• False

Which of these countries did NOT claim Oregon Country?

• Britain

• Russia

• France

• Spain

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

• Russians

• British

• Chinese

• Spanish

Which phrase did newspaperman John O'Sullivan make popular?

• Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too

• Remember the Alamo

• Fifty-four Forty or Fight

• Manifest Destiny

49°N refers to the ____.

• average temperature in the Northwest

• the boundary between the British and American parts of Oregon

• the border of Oregon James K. Polk demanded

• steepest angle of the Rocky Mountains

Why did mountain men have to give up trapping beaver?

• They could make more money leading wagon trains to Oregon.

• Farmers had claimed most of the land.

• there was a shortage of beaver due to overtrapping.

• They were driven out by Native Americans.

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

• True

• False

Mountain men served as guides for hunters looking for beaver skins.

• True

• False

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved