Oregon Country Review

Oregon Country Review

8th Grade

8 Qs

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Oregon Country Review

Oregon Country Review

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8th Grade

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

1

2

3

4

5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

gold deposits

fertile farmland

religious freedom

Canadian citizenship

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People:

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

Lewis and Clark

James K. Polk

Jedediah Smith

Stephen Kearny

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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!"

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People:

led a small band of explorers to the Oregon Coast

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Jedediah Smith

Davy Crockett

General Santa Anna