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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