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The "Fever" was due to the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850, which amounted to free land to those who would live on and cultivate the land for four years, and thus the "Fever" infected many hard working folks.
The law was largely the result of Samuel R. Thurston, the Oregon territorial delegate to Congress. The act, which became law on September 27, 1850, granted 320 acres (1.3 km2) to every unmarried white male citizen eighteen or older, and 640 acres (2.6 km2) to every married couple, arriving in the Oregon Territory before December 1, 1850. In the case of a married couple, the husband and wife each owned half in their own name. The law was one of the first that allowed married women in the United States to hold property under their own name. Half-blood Native Americans were also eligible for the grant. A provision in the law granted half the amount to those who arrived after the 1850 deadline but before 1854. Claimants were required to live on the land and cultivate it for four years to own it outright.
640 acres is one square mile which is a large chunk of land to give to early pioneers.
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Why did pioneers travel on the Oregon trail?
Pioneers wanted to go to Oregon to get free farmland, adventure, and better living conditions
The term Oregon fever refers to?
Oregon Fever : A migratory trend that began in the 1830s and was in full swing a decade later. It went to the Pacific territories of California and Oregon. The Oregon Fever was fueled in part by the depression of 1837, which caused the closing of many banks throughout the country. Oregon Fever was also stimulated by the optimistic reports of rich farmland and mild climate.
When did the pioneers usually leave for the Oregon trail?
they left on 1850
What did pioneers use to make a fire on the Oregon Trail?
Pioneers use to make a fire with wood. Wood was very hard to find on the Oregon Trail, so pioneers mostly used Buffalo Chips (dried buffalo poop.)
Why did the pioneers need rifles on the Oregon trail?
Because the pionners might get attacked by native americans.
What is the name of the route that pioneers used to travel to Oregon?
The Oregon Trail is the route that pioneers used to travel to Oregon.
When did the pioneers settle in Oregon?
The pioneers arrived in the oregon territory in september or october. It took 6 months to get to the oregon teritory
What was the path that the pioneers the followed into Oregon Oregon country?
Oregon trail? Oregon trail?
What was the path that the pioneers followed into the Oregon country?
Oregon trail? Oregon trail?
What was the cure to the Oregon fever?
By going to Oregon. Oregon fever was not a biological disease or symptom thereof - it was a term denoting the desire to immigrate to the northwest. Similar to "new car fever" in usage.
What were the enemies of the pioneers on the Oregon trail?
the
what time did the pioneers reach their final destination, oregon city?
The pioneers reached their destination, oregon city in the 1870s and started in 1843. The pioneers suffered death, starvation, disease.
What path was called that the pioneers followed into Oregon country?
the Oregon trail
Why did pioneers travel on the Oregon trail?
Pioneers wanted to go to Oregon to get free farmland, adventure, and better living conditions
Oregon Trail?
a route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon Territory
Did pioneers need rope when they were traveling to Oregon?
Yes, pioneers would have needed rope.
Which trail did the pioneers travel?
The pioneers traveled on Hacker's Trail, better known as The Oregon Trail.
