Fall 2005                                                                                                   Professor Jopp

 

 

Worksheet 5: Reading Assignment of  “The Oregon Territory”

 

Instructions:  Read pages 20-23 in your text and answer the following questions.  Please answer the questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper attached to your worksheet; your worksheet is due in class on Wednesday, September 21.

 

1. What is the meaning of the phrase “Oregon Fever?”
2. What was “Manifest Destiny?”
3. Why was the slogan “Fifty-four-forty or Fight!” a popular slogan during the presidential campaign of 1844?
4. Although President Polk had promised to annex Oregon, he did not do so.  Why not?
5. Why did the Americanization of Oregon cause anger and resentment among Native Americans?
6. What was the Donation Land Law?  Why did it bring a new wave of settlement to the territory?
7. What was the Rogue River War about?
8. Not all of the people came for land.  What was another reason why people came to Oregon?