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RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON OREGON 



. \n Outline Hultable for Oregon will be fonnd with the article "State.") 



Where is the deepest lake in the United States, and how was it formed? How 

 high above sea level is it? 



What does the name Oregon mean, and why was it given to this state? 



When was "fifty-four forty or fight" a popular slogan, and what did it mean? 

 How was the question to which it referred finally settled? 



Give two popular names or nicknames of this state, and account for both of them. 



Where is there a "soap lake," and why is it so called? 



How many states of the Union does Oregon touch? How does it compare in size 

 with each of the states upon which it borders? 



How many states are larger? Howmany of these have a larger population? 



On how many sides has this state, in part at least, a water boundary? 



Why has the state such a very small proportion of negro inhabitants? 



How did the state compare in 1910 as to density of population with the states 

 upon which it borders? With the country as a whole? 



How many cities of the United States have a population larger than that of Ore- 

 gon in 1910? Larger than that in 1915? (See list in article CITY.) 



How many cities in the United States are larger than the largest city of this state? 

 How many in Canada? 



What is the highest point in the state? How does this peak compare in altitude 

 with the loftiest points in the bordering states? In Colorado? In Wyoming? 



What do Oregon's shallow lakes look like in the summer time? 



What can you tell, from the description of the Bridal Veil Falls here given, as to 

 the reason for their being so named? 



Why is the climate of the eastern districts so different from that of the western? 

 What effect does this have on the methods of agriculture followed in the two regions? 



Of what crop does this state produce almost half of the total output for the 

 Tinted States? What is this crop chiefly used for? 



What proportion of the standing timber of the United States is found in Oregon? 

 What is the most important timber tree? What is the largest? 



How many states have a larger timber output? 



How many acres do the national forests of Oregon cover? Why is it not likely 

 that this area will be increased? 



How does the income from all the mines of the state compare with the total 

 annual value of the apples raised? 



Which are the more important, sea fisheries or river fisheries? 



Show how many of Oregon's manufacturing industries depend upon the natural 

 resources and the other industries of the state. 



What has been done to improve the roads of the state? 



What legislative enactments prove the progressive character of the state? 



Who can vote in Oregon? 



What stand has the state taken on the liquor question? 



What great river appears in a famous poem under a name which it does not now 

 bear? 



What city is named after a family which won a fortunr in these Western regions? 



How did this territory come into the possession of the United States? 



What was the "Great Immigration" of 1843? 



