Free African Americans were allowed to hold low paid jobs during the 1840s and 1850s.
Explanation:
Slavery prevailed during the period of 1840s and 1850s. Though African Americans were freed after the emancipation proclamation, there were black codes that were establish which curtailed the opportunities for the African Americans to hold highly paid jobs.
Though they were skilled craftsmen and artisans, they were considers to be professional rivals against the whites and hence they were given low paid jobs. They were employed as barbers, but many blacks when denied jobs had opened gambling houses and started to earn in an illegal manner. They were also working in laundry and many were paddlers.
The first people to make it to Oregon, was Lewis and Clark. Since their route was too harsh for ordinary people, not many people ventured there. When Jedediah Smith found the South Pass (an easier way through the Sierra Nevada), many settlers crossed the country to get to Oregon. The first people were missionaries and although not many Natives converted, their tales of fertile soil encouraged many people to venture to Oregon. They went through the country on a covered wagon. Furthermore, the challenges they faced, consisted of harsh weather, starvation (especially when crossing the Sierra Nevada), and Native American attacks.
The actual objective was to ensure a state of total post-war continental hegemony for Nazi Germany. This was to be achieved by the expansion of the territorial base of the German state itself, combined with the political and economic subjugation of the rest of Europe to Germany
