Explorers, Fur Traders, Missionaries, and Settlers

Cornell Notes Format  (O.P.E.N. Example)

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Class Discussion Topics

  • Explorers: (PDF)

    • Who was Juan De Fuca?  Where was he from?

    • What was "Soft Gold?"

    • Who was George Vancouver? What was he from?

    • Who was Robert Gray and where was he from?

    • What was Lewis and Clarke's mission?

    • What was the Corps of Discovery?

  • Fur Traders:

    • Why did people want furs?

    • How did the traders get furs?

    • Who was known as the "White Headed Eagle?"

  • Missionaries:

    • Why did missionaries come to the Northwest?

    • What was the Whitman Massacre?

  • Settlers:

     

    • What was the Oregon Trail?

    • What was the Great Migration?

    • What was the route of the Oregon Trail?

    • How was the Oregon Territory established?

    • When was the Washington Territory established?

    • Who was Issac Stevens?

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