Oregon Country Review

The Oregon Country is represented by which label on the map?

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• 3

• 4

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Which of these was an incentive for settlers to travel to Oregon Country?

• gold deposits

• fertile farmland

• religious freedom

• Canadian citizenship

People:

Who discovered the passage through the Rocky Mountains called South Pass?

• Lewis and Clark

• James K. Polk

• Jedediah Smith

• Stephen Kearny

Who were the first American settlers to travel to Oregon through South Pass and whose letters home led to "Oregon fever"?

• Fur trappers

• Missionaries

• Explorers

• Farmers

Which of these was a campaign slogan in President Polk’s 1844 campaign?

• "Victory or death!"

• "Rough and ready!"

• "All of Oregon or none!"

• "Remember the Alamo!"

How was the conflict about Oregon Country resolved?

• The United States went to war against Great Britain and won the entire territory.

• The Senate blocked the compromise treaty, and the conflict continues to this day.

• A treaty divided the territory peacefully between Great Britain and the United States.

• Great Britain tired of the conflict and sold the entire territory to the United States.

Events & Acts:

a U.S. military expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest

• Lewis & Clark Expedition

• Mexican-American War

• Gadsden Purchase

• Texas War for Independence

People:

led a small band of explorers to the Oregon Coast

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

• Jedediah Smith

• Davy Crockett

• General Santa Anna