“MANIFEST DESTINY”

OREGON COUNTRY

CLAIMS TO OREGONUnited States Great Britain

Spain Russia

United States

Great Britain

JOINTOCCUPATION

JOHN JACOB ASTOR

• Merchant---American Fur Company—first trust;

first US multi-millionaire

MOUNTAIN MEN

MOUNTAIN MENJim BeckwourthAfrican-American

mountain man; lived amongst Crow Indians

Jedediah Smithmountain man who

found the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains

The Oregon Trail

Tens of Thousands made Great Migration

2000 Mi. Journey

Missouri

Across the Great Plains

Platte River

Through the South Pass

Snake River

Columbia River

Willamette Valley, Oregon

“MANIFEST DESTINY”Term coined by

newspaper editor John O’Sullivan in the 1840s.

UNITED STATES HAD SPECIAL PURPOSE TO POSSESS THE ENTIRE

CONTINENT

1844 Election

James K. PolkDemocrat

Henry ClayWhigSlogan:

“54/40 or Fight”

(Northern Border of Oregon)

WINNER

Oregon Compromise

Great Britain

&United States

JOINT

Boundary Line Set at 49 Degree North

In 1846OCCUPATION