USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of the Oregon Treaty, the United States achieved its goal of? expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean. acquiring land for a southwestern railroad.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Oregon on June 15, 1846, ending 28 years of joint occupancy of the Pacific Northwest. The treaty established the 49th parallel as the border between the two countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1846 Britain and the United States signed the Oregon Treaty, extending the international border between the U.S. and what would become Canada along the 49th parallel to the Strait of Georgia, and then out the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Oregon Trail provided a route across the western frontier of North America. The first organized wagon party traversed the 2, 000-mile distance from Independence, Missouri, to The Willamette Valley, Oregon, in 1836.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.