Congress Set Out to Organize Oregon into a Formal U

question 16

Multiple Choice

Congress set out to organize Oregon into a formal U.S.territory after

• A) killing most of the Native Americans there.
• B) reading news reports of the minerals to be found there.
• C) a group of Cayuse Indians killed 14 settlers, including a doctor who refused to treat Indians.
• D) gold was discovered there.
• E) the British began to make moves toward leaving.

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