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How did Marcus and Narcissa Whitman influence western settlement?
Their advocacy helped protect Native American lands from western settlers.
Their calls for workers and description of the land drew settlers to Oregon.
Their discovery of gold in California sparked a rush of miners.
Their tolerance of Mormons in Utah created tension with Mexico.
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Their calls for workers and description of the land drew settlers to Oregon.
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman’s letters and appeals about the fertile Willamette Valley and need for labor helped spark migration along the Oregon Trail (notably contributing to the 1843 “Great Migration”), encouraging many settlers to move west.
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman’s letters and appeals about the fertile Willamette Valley and need for labor helped spark migration along the Oregon Trail (notably contributing to the 1843 “Great Migration”), encouraging many settlers to move west.
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