In the mid-1840s,the "Oregon country" in the Pacific Northwest
A) remained the center of the French fur-trading empire.
B) was of little interest to the American government.
C) included an Indian population that had been devastated by disease.
D) was primarily occupied by Great Britain.
E) contained many more English settlers than Americans.

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The Oregon country in the mid-1840s had an Indian population that had been significantly impacted by diseases brought by European and American traders and settlers. These diseases, to which the native populations had no immunity, caused devastating epidemics.

In the Mid-1840s,the "Oregon Country" in the Pacific Northwest