Oregon Country

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

• South Pass

• North Pass

• West Pass

• East Pass

Oregon Country was which direction from California?

• south

• north

• east

• west

One reason the United States claimed Oregon Country was because of the

• the Whitman massacre

• Treaty of Guadalupe

• the Lewis and Clark expedition

• the 1844 presidential election

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

• Emigrant theory

• rendezvous philosophy

• joint occupation

• manifest destiny

negotiated a treaty with Spain

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• John Jacob Astor

• Narcissa Whitman

missionary

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• John Jacob Astor

• Narcissa Whitman

American merchant

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• John Jacob Astor

• Narcissa Whitman

lost to James Polk in the election of 1844

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• John Jacob Astor

• Narcissa Whitman

fur trapper and trail guides

• adventurer

• pioneer

• mountain man

• Native American