13-1 & 13-2

Question 1

Mountain Man

Answer 1

an adventurer of the American West

Question 2

Narcissa Whitman

Answer 2

missionary who was one of the first people to come to Oregon and brought measles part of the whitman massacre

Question 3

John Jacob Astor

Answer 3

magnate and founder of a renowned family of Anglo-American capitalists, business leaders, and philanthropists. His American Fur Company is considered the first American business monopoly

Question 4

John Quincy Adams-John Quincy Adams

Answer 4

son of John Adams, elected president in 1824, split the line in Oregon by the latitude. Secretary of state made the onis treaty

Question 5

Henry Clay

Answer 5

called “The Great Compromiser”, was a congressman who could resolve arguments well. Did not support expansion of the nation. During 1844 he lost running for president