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“MANIFEST DESTINY”
OREGON COUNTRY
CLAIMS TO OREGONUnited States Great Britain
Spain Russia
United States
Great Britain
JOINTOCCUPATION
JOHN JACOB ASTOR
• Merchant---American Fur Company—first trust;
first US multi-millionaire
MOUNTAIN MEN
MOUNTAIN MENJim BeckwourthAfrican-American
mountain man; lived amongst Crow Indians
Jedediah Smithmountain 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. PolkDemocrat
Henry ClayWhigSlogan:
“54/40 or Fight”
(Northern Border of Oregon)
WINNER
Oregon Compromise
Great Britain
&United States
JOINT
Boundary Line Set at 49 Degree North
In 1846OCCUPATION