4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 8
Trail to Statehood
Wagons, land claims and 1859
What your child practices
The Oregon Trail, Manifest Destiny, the Donation Land Claim Act, Oregon Territory, statehood on February 14, 1859, and the racist exclusion laws of early Oregon, from many points of view.
Oregon State Standards learning standard: 4.H.CE.5; 4.H.CH.2 · the Oregon Trail's significance and the role of Manifest Destiny and racial prejudice in Oregon's path to statehood
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Pioneers sometimes traded with Tribes along the trail for…
- food, horses and help crossing rivers
- phones
- cars
food, horses and help crossing rivers
Hint: Tribes helped many travelers.
Question 2
What was Oregon's capital when it became a state?
- Portland
- Oregon City
- Salem
Salem
Hint: Salem has been the capital since statehood.
Question 3
As settlers poured in, many Tribes…
- were not affected
- lost land, food sources and lives
- gained more land
lost land, food sources and lives
Hint: Settlement brought great harm.
Question 4
Oregon's 1857 constitution included an exclusion clause that…
- made Salem the capital
- gave everyone the vote
- banned Black people from moving to Oregon
banned Black people from moving to Oregon
Hint: This racist clause was removed in 1926.
Question 5
Racial prejudice in early Oregon led to laws that…
- welcomed all newcomers
- treated everyone equally
- kept people of color out or treated them unfairly
kept people of color out or treated them unfairly
Hint: Many early laws were unfair.
Question 6
Joint occupation of the Oregon Country ended in 1846 with the…
- Treaty of Paris
- Louisiana Purchase
- Oregon Treaty
Oregon Treaty
Hint: The treaty set the 49th parallel border.