“MANIFEST DESTINY”
OREGON COUNTRY
CLAIMS TO OREGON United StatesGreat Britain Spain Russia
United States Great Britain JOINT OCCUPATION
JOHN JACOB ASTOR Merchant---American Fur Company—first trust; first US multi-millionaire
MOUNTAIN MEN
Jim Beckwourth African-American mountain man; lived amongst Crow Indians Jedediah Smith mountain man who found the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains
The Oregon Trail Tens of Thousands made Great Migration 2000 Mi. Journey
Missouri
Across the Great Plains
Platte River
Through the South Pass
Snake River
Columbia River
Willamette Valley, Oregon
“MANIFEST DESTINY” Term coined by newspaper editor John O’Sullivan in the 1840s. UNITED STATES HAD SPECIAL PURPOSE TO POSSESS THE ENTIRE CONTINENT
1844 Election James K. Polk Democrat Henry Clay Whig Slogan: “54/40 or Fight ” (Northern Border of Oregon) WINNER
Oregon Compromise Great Britain & United States JOINTJOINT Boundary Line Set at 49 Degree North In 1846 OCCUPATIONOCCUPATION