The Oregon Trail Review

One push for Americans to acquire full control of the Oregon Country was to balance the possible entry of what region into the United States in 1840s

• Lone Star Republic

• Louisiana Purchase

• Dakota Territory

• Pacific Northwest

Which of the following was NOT a reason why Americans in the 1840s wanted control of Oregon Country?

• Gaining economic markets in Europe (Asia*)

• Manifest Destiny

• To bring Christanity and democracy across the continent

• To bring civilization to a "Heathen Land"

What expression meant that American land should someday stretch across the entire continent?

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Fever

• Great Awakening

• Oregon Trail

What are two reasons that pioneers would sell their homes and land in the east and move clear across the continent on the Oregon Trail

• The price of the land was cheaper than the in the east.

• The climate would improve health.

• They had more things to do.

• They had better education.

What did the Treaty of 1846 establish?

• Texas would become part of the United States

• The United States would control lands south (west*) 49° latitude.

• The United States would control lands up to 54°40'.

• Britain would control all of the Oregon Country lands.

Who created a good guide map of the Oregon Trail for the federal government?

• John L. O'Sulivan

• John C. Fremont

• Sam Barlow

• James K. Polk

Which of these places is considered a starting point of the Oregon Trail?

• Fort Laramie

• The Dalles

• Independence, Missouri

• Chimney Rock

What cause of death gave the Oregon Trail the nickname "The Nations Longest Graveyard"

• Wild animal attacks

• Attacks by Native Americans

• Disease, like cholera

• Crime

What did South Pass represent on the Oregon Trail?

• The cutoff point to the California Trail

• The toughest part of the Oregon Trail

• The only fort on the Oregon trail

• The way for the wagons through the Rockey Mountains