1. “MANIFEST DESTINY”

2. OREGON COUNTRY

3. CLAIMS TO OREGON United StatesGreat Britain Spain Russia

5. United States Great Britain JOINT OCCUPATION

6. JOHN JACOB ASTOR Merchant---American Fur Company—first trust; first US multi-millionaire

7. MOUNTAIN MEN

8. Jim Beckwourth African-American mountain man; lived amongst Crow Indians Jedediah Smith mountain man who found the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains

9. The Oregon Trail Tens of Thousands made Great Migration 2000 Mi. Journey

10. Missouri

11. Across the Great Plains

12. Platte River

13. Through the South Pass

14. Snake River

15. Columbia River

16. Willamette Valley, Oregon

19. “MANIFEST DESTINY” Term coined by newspaper editor John O’Sullivan in the 1840s. UNITED STATES HAD SPECIAL PURPOSE TO POSSESS THE ENTIRE CONTINENT

20. 1844 Election James K. Polk Democrat Henry Clay Whig Slogan: “54/40 or Fight ” (Northern Border of Oregon) WINNER

22. Oregon Compromise Great Britain & United States JOINTJOINT Boundary Line Set at 49 Degree North In 1846 OCCUPATIONOCCUPATION