USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -Which of these countries did not claim the Oregon Country? A. Russians.

Detailed explanation-4: -After 1854, land was no longer free in Oregon. The price was set at $1.25 an acre with a limit of 320 acres in any one claim. As the years passed, the cost per acre rose and the maximum acreage dropped. In 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act to encourage the settling of the Great Plains.