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- The Spanish Missionaries forced the Native Americans they encountered to practice the Roman Catholic faith
- -treatment of a dead body, sterilize or protect it from decay-outcry for fallen soldiers to be returned to their families for burial
- A Political cartoon does not need context to be understood
- Early fur trappers, sometimes called Mountain Men, were used as guides for exploration in the Oregon Country
- Most encounters with American Indians on the Oregon Trail were hostile and very dangerous
- Who resigned their position over the debate concerning nullification?
- The Native American Tribes were forced into new "Indian Territory". In which present day state was the new territory located?
- How many miles can a horse-drawn (or mule-drawn, or oxen-drawn) covered wagon travel per day?
- All of the Oregon Country was a dry plateau with very little rain
- Four (4) countries originally claimed the Oregon Country. Which of the following is NOT one of those countries?
- Which President was accused of making a "corrupt bargain"?
- Who did John Quincy Adams name as his Secretary of State during his Presidency?
- How many candidates ran for president in 1824?
- What was Frederick Turner describing when he said "the outer edge of the wave - the meeting point between savagery and civilization"?
- What section of the United States benefited most from tariffs?
- In what year was the Erie Canal completed?
- Who won the Presidential Election of 1828 and became our 7th President?
- Under Henry Clay's American System proposal, how did he want to use the money received from tariffs?
- In what year was the Indian Removal Act passed in Congress?
- Britain was very angry with Monroe's proposal in the Monroe Doctrine