MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Question
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What was considered an incentive for settlers to travel to Oregon Country?
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fertile farmland
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friendly neighbors
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free housing
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pots of gold
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the early 1800s, many Native American nations claimed the Oregon Country. Four countries did also. They were the United States, Great Britain, Spain and Russia. Many Americans wanted to be able to get to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Oregon Territory, 1846 Originally Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States claimed the territory. In 1819, under terms of the Transcontinental Treaty, Spain ceded its claims to the territory to the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the mid-nineteenth century, newspaper editor John O’Sullivan coined the term ‘manifest destiny’ to describe the belief that God intended for the United States to occupy North America from Atlantic to Pacific.
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