Image Source - Map of Oregon Territory - 1841 - Library of Congress
Standard
HS.H1.1 Explain the process of state-building, expansion, and dissolution.
Learning Target
I can examine the impacts of land acquisitions and social reforms on the United States throughout the early 1800s.
Instructions
Explore the Website - Smithsonian - Establishing Borders: The Expansion of the United States, 1846-48
Guided Notes
HS.H1.1 Explain the process of state-building, expansion, and dissolution.
Learning Target
I can examine the impacts of land acquisitions and social reforms on the United States throughout the early 1800s.
Instructions
Explore the Website - Smithsonian - Establishing Borders: The Expansion of the United States, 1846-48
Guided Notes
- What was the "Oregon Question"?
- How did James K. Polk impact the acquisition of the Oregon Territory for the United States?
- How did the negotiations end? Did the US get the land it wanted?