In the 1830s, several parties of Americans traveled to Oregon, further establishing the Oregon Trail. Many of these emigrants were missionaries seeking to convert natives to Christianity. Jason Lee was the first, traveling in Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth's party in 1833 and establishing the Oregon Mission in the Willamette Valley; the Whitmans and Spaldings arrived in 1836, establishing the Whitman Mission east of the Cascades. In 1839 the Peoria Party embarked for Oregon from Illinois.
In 1841, wealthy master trapper and entrepreneur Ewing Young died without a will, and there was no system to probate his estate. A probate government was proposed at a meeting after Young's funeral. Doctor Ira Babcock of Jason Lee's Methodist Mission was elected Supreme Judge. Babcock chaired two meetings in 1842 at Champoeg (halfway between Lee's mission and Oregon City) to discuss wolves and other animals of contemporary concern. These meetings were precursors to an all-citizen meeting in 1843, which instituted a provisional government headed by an executive committee made up of David Hill, Alanson Beers, and Joseph Gale. This government was the first acting public government of the Oregon Country before American annexation.
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<h2>reports of North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. ships</h2>
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a measure that allowed the US President to make military actions, like increase troops, without formal declaration of war. It led to huge escalation of US involvement in the Vietnam War.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed by Congress in August, 1964, after alleged attacks on two US naval ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. The key wording in the resolution said:
- <em>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.</em>
That resolution served as a blank check for President Johnson to send troops to whatever extent he deemed necessary in pursuance of the war. Between 1964 and the end of Johnson's presidency in 1969, US troop levels in Vietnam increased from around 20,000 to over 500,000.
That slaves could go free if they had more than 2 children free.
Jobs of all kinds were opened up for women during the Gilded/Industrial age from 1870-1900. Employment for women went from 2.6 million jobs to around 8.7 million jobs. In the late 11880's, clerical jobs were mostly held by men, with woman coming out around 4%, but by 1920, it skyrocketed to 50%, equal among both genders, and only continued to rise in the coming years. Women with working husbands could be stay at home mothers, but those in the poor, women and children as young as 8 years of age must work. A sort of slavery came about for children, who were often thought of less human and more like tools. Child labor laws did not come into full affect until the progressive era.
Women were not paid equally because they were thought of inferior to men at the time, and often, wages were on a significantly lower level. Although it is better today, there is still bias in the current workforce. Some women's unions for better pay and better workplace safety existed, but most were ignored. As for children, by the very late 19th century, children between 10 and 15 made up 1/5th of the entire American workforce.
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No, not everyone in the world is free, but a great majority is.
