Fuzzy Fur Trade
This animal pelt was the fashion and currency of the 1800s
What is the beaver
7 orphaned children who emigrated on the Oregon Trail to the Whitman Mission
Who are the Sager children
The event that took place in Walla Walla on November 29, 1847 when the Cayuse were angry with the missionaries
What is the Whitman Massacre
These islands became part of the US under the Pig War Mediation
What are the San Juan Islands
300,000 people would emigrate to Oregon Country via this route
What is the Oregon Trail
He was a poor immigrant that founded the American Fur Company that established the fur trade in the PNW.
Who is John Jacob Aster
He moved to the Puget Sound area to escape slavery laws in Missouri and the Oregon Territory.
Who is George Washington Bush
This disease killed off many Native Americans due to a lack of immunity
What is measles
The Oregon Treaty of 1846 established this parallel as the international border between the US and Canadian Great Britain thus making Oregon Territory part of the US
What is the 49th Parallel
The mining and burning of this natural resource caused pollution
What is coal
This fort was built when Captain Jonathan Thorne arrived via sea to the Pacific Coast
What is Fort Astoria
The two Protestant missionaries that started a mission to the Cayuse in Walla Walla
Who are Dr. and Narcissa Whitman
The belief that it was the divine mission of Americans to spread their political and religious values to others
What is Manifest Destiny
What are Oregon Country and Florida
This flexible whale bone was used to create items like fishing rods, corsets, and horse whips
What is baleen
French-speaking Canadians that paddled the canoes for the fur traders
What are voyageurs
The first territorial governor of WA
Who is Isaac Stevens
White males 18 and over and their wives were given 160-320 acres of land to settle and develop under this congressional law
What is the Oregon Donation Land Law of 1850
The removal of trees in WA forests caused this to happen to the WA environment
What is erosion, flooding and an increase in temperatures
The two fur companies that wanted to monopolize the fur trade in the PNW
What are the Pacific Fur Company and the Hudson Bay Company
Leader of the Hudson Bay Company that built Fort Vancouver
Who is Dr. John McLoughlin
The discussions Natives had to make major decisions
What is parley
Washington Territory was established when the US Congress passed this act
What is the Oregon Act of 1853
This name was given to a hat maker that inhaled too many fumes from the chemicals (mercury) of making hats
What is "mad as a hatter"