A frontier of domination in Oregon was accomplished after __________.
A. settlers from the Midwest laid claims to lands disputed by the United States and Britain
B. the Convention of 1818 resulted in the joint occupation of the territory by the United States and Britain
C. a series of wars by white settlers defeated local Indians after the murders of missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
D. Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Vancouver as a fur trading post on the Columbia River
Answer: C
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On November 4 in the single bloodiest day of combat in the decade, __________ troops killed well over 10,000 Poles outside Warsaw
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The Mongols played a central role in spreading the Black Death of the mid-fourteenth century
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false