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“MANIFEST DESTINY”

“MANIFEST DESTINY”. OREGON COUNTRY. CLAIMS TO OREGON. United States. Great Britain. Spain. Russia. Great Britain. United States. JOINT OCCUPATION. JOHN JACOB ASTOR. Merchant---American Fur Company—first trust; first US multi-millionaire. MOUNTAIN MEN. MOUNTAIN MEN.

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“MANIFEST DESTINY”

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  1. “MANIFEST DESTINY”

  2. OREGON COUNTRY

  3. CLAIMS TO OREGON United States Great Britain Spain Russia

  4. Great Britain United States JOINT OCCUPATION

  5. JOHN JACOB ASTOR • Merchant---American Fur Company—first trust; first US multi-millionaire

  6. MOUNTAIN MEN

  7. MOUNTAIN MEN Jedediah Smith mountain man who found the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains Jim Beckwourth African-American mountain man; lived amongst Crow Indians

  8. The Oregon Trail Tens of Thousands made Great Migration 2000 Mi. Journey

  9. Missouri

  10. Across the Great Plains

  11. Platte River

  12. Through the South Pass

  13. Snake River

  14. Columbia River

  15. Willamette Valley, Oregon

  16. “MANIFEST DESTINY” UNITED STATES HAD SPECIAL PURPOSE TO POSSESS THE ENTIRE CONTINENT Term coined by newspaper editor John O’Sullivan in the 1840s.

  17. 1844 Election Henry Clay Whig James K. Polk Democrat WINNER Slogan: “54/40 or Fight” (Northern Border of Oregon)

  18. Boundary Line Set at 49 Degree North In 1846 Oregon Compromise O C C U P A T I O N Great Britain & United States JOINT

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