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How did the US gain this territory? (Teo)

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How did the US gain this territory? (Teo)

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The US wanted to expand moves so they took part of the upper west coast but Britain wanted some too so they split the territory at the 49th parallel.
At the time, the President rallied America to gain Oregon or declare War on Britain. Both sides not actually wanting conflict, they compromised by dividing the territory on the 49th parallel. Britain only lost the Columbia river, keeping Vancouver island.

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The US gained valuable resources and increased communication with the Native Americans. The Natives also were helpful to some settlers and gave them resources and shared their land. Oregon was close to major bodies of water.

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The Natives accused an American doctor of poisoning their people with bad medicine and went to trial. Ultimately, this did not help the Native's situation.
The Natives also refused to sign peace treaties, which were unfavorable to them.

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The Americans were immune to certain diseases that the Native Americans were not. When they brought these diseases, Americans infected the Natives and  those diseases, such as smallpox, spread through native  populations like wild fires.

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Was there a justification for the US to take this territory? (michael)

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Was there a justification for the US to take this territory? (michael)

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The US was not really justified in taking this territory. Though the US did gain a lot of territory and resources, a lot of Native Americans lost their lives and their cultures went nearly extinct. Americans brought diseases that the Natives were not immune to, and those diseases spread like wild fire.
One  could argue that loss of life would occur either way, and that the US was justified because either way,  people would die because Oregon would eventually be conquered by somebody, however this is not rational, because it goes back to the age old saying, its either us or them, which is morally ambiguous and highly debated.

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Inaugural Address | The American Presidency Project

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James K. Polk, Inaugural Address Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/200580

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The journey killed many settlers trying to settle west. They were plagued by diseases that included typhus and dysentery. There was also severe malnutrition
and some died of starvation