Manifest Destiny & Oregon Trail Questions and Answers Rated A+

Manifest Destiny & Oregon Trail Questions and Answers Rated A+ What is a homestead? A plot of land where pioneers could build a home farm or ranch What is Oregon country Tree covered wilderness that stretch from the Rockies to the Pacific ocean In 1819 Organ was claimed by four nations what's were these four nations? Russia Spain Great Britain & the US Who Discovereed the South Pass? Jedediah Smith First people to settle in Oregon in 1836? The missionaries why did The missionaries go to Oregon? Find people to convert to Christianity What were three of the claims the early settlers sent back? -weather is always sunny - diseases unknown -livestock ran around free for taking What were five problems people faced by traveling the Oregon Trail? Illness Accidents Food Indians mud, sand and rivers What was the name of the massacre of Sioux Indians by settlers heading to Oregon? Gratten Massacre how many settlers following the Oregon Trail from 1843 to 1869? 350,000 (20,000 died) Who was James K. Polk? 11th president and strong believer in manifest destiny Who was Zachary Taylor? 12th president and Mexican-American hero Who was Winfield Scott? American General during Mexican-American War What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American war Who was James Gadsden? A businessman and diplomat who purchased a strip of land south of Mexican cession Once the US had Texas and part of Oregon country Polk wanted to add what other territory to the US? California The US thought what river was a southern