Chapter 13, Lessons 1 & 2

Which of these countries did not claim the Oregon Country?

• Russia

• Britain

• France

• Spain

When they signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, the Spanish gave up their claim to Oregon.

• True

• False

"Joint occupation" meant that Americans could settle in the Oregon Country and so could the ____.

• Russians

• Chinese

• Spanish

• British

Which of these statements is true of the Whitman family?

• They believed they could convert the Cayuse to Christianity.

• They moved to California after gold was discovered

• They died in a measles epidemic, which also killed Native Americans.

• They prevented people from settling in Oregon Country.

Which term did newspaperman John O'Sullivan make popular?

• "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"

• "Remember the Alamo"

• "Manifest Destiny"

• "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too"

Which of these statements about Manifest Destiny is true?

• James K. Polk was against it.

• It would open navigation on the Mississippi River.

• Thousands of Americans became emigrants because of it.

• It protected the rights of Native Americans.

The mountain men carved out the first trails to the Oregon Country.

• True

• False

49 degrees N refers to the ____.

• average temperature in the Northwest

• the boundary between the British and American parts of Oregon

• steepest angle of the Rocky Mountains

• the border of Oregon James K. Polk demanded

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

• True

• False

Why did mountain men have to give up trapping beaver?

• They were driven out by Native Americans.

• 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.