MAIN IDEAS
The Nation Looks West
(p. 314-315)
Ch. 9 Sec. 2 – The Louisiana Purchase
(p. 314-319)
NOTES
1.) By 1800, more than ________________________________________ settlers
lived between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River
2.) ________________ controlled the New Orleans ports and the Mississippi River
3.) 1795 – US negotiated the ____________________________________________
with Spain to use the port
4.) 1801 – Spain secretly planning on giving New Orleans and the Louisiana
Territory to ___________________________________________
5.) Jefferson feared that Napoleon Bonaparte would try to dominant North America
6.) Jefferson wanted to ___________________ the city of New Orleans from France
a.) James Monroe and Robert Livingston were sent to France to negotiate with
France
b.) They were authorized to offer up to ______________________________ for
the ____________________________________________________________
Reasons why France Decided to Sell
the Louisiana Purchase to the USA
(p. 315)
1.) France lost control of their colony of ____________________ in the Caribbean
Sea in 1801
a.) ____________________________ led slaves on a revolt against the French
b.) Proved that it would be difficult to control and defend a land that was
overseas
2.) France and _____________________________ were going back to __________
a.) France needed __________________________________________________
Louisiana Purchase
(p. 315-316)
1.) France offered to sell the _____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ to the US
a.) From the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and from the Mississippi River to the
Rocky Mountains
2.) Monroe and Livingston offered ______________________________ for the area
 4 cents / acre
a.) ___________________________________________ the size of the country
Jefferson’s Dilemma
Strict or Loose Interpretation
(p. 316)
1.) Jefferson believed in a ___________________ interpretation of the Constitution
2.) The Constitution didn’t say that the president could _______________________
a.) Jefferson wanted to add an ________________________________ to say
the president could buy land but he didn’t have time
3.) Jefferson had to _______________________________ interpret the Constitution
a.) The president has the power to ____________________________________
b.) Jefferson made a _______________________________________________
4.) The ___________________________ approved the _______________________
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Ch. 9 Sec. 2 – The Louisiana Purchase
(p. 314-319)
Lewis and Clark Explore the West
(p. 317-319)
 January 1803 - Congress spent
$2500 on the expedition
1.) __________________________________________________ were sent to
explore the Louisiana Territory and gather information
a.) _____________________________________________________________
b.) _____________________________________________________________
 Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark
c.) _____________________________________________________________
 3 boats and 40 men
d.) _____________________________________________________________
 York – black slave
e.) search for a _____________________________________ that connects the
 Seaman – Newfoundlander dog
___________________________ River and the _________________ Ocean
2.) Spring of 1804 – Lewis and Clark left St. Louis on the _____________________
3.) August 1804 – the __________________________________________________
a.) _____________________________________________________________
4.) October 1804 to April 1805 – spent the winter with the ____________________
people in North Dakota
a.) met a Shoshone Indian, ____________________, who became their translator
5.) August 1805 – _________________________________ in the Rocky Mountains
a.) Sacagawea found her brother and his tribe who sold them _______________
6.) Nov. 1805 to March 1806 – Reached the ________________________________
7.) Sept. 1806 – Returned to _____________________________________________
Zebulon Pike (1806-1807)
(p. 319)
1.) Explored the _____________________________ part of the Louisiana Territory
a.) northern and western Kansas – “unfit for anybody but _________________”
2.) _____________________________________________ in the Rocky Mountains
3.) 1807 – Entered Spanish New Mexico and was arrested for being _____________
4.) Released and escorted back to the USA
Other Kansas Explorers
1.) ______________________________________________________ (1819-1820)
a.) _____________________________________________________________
2.) ___________________________________________________________ (1811)
a.) Kansas is _____________________________________________________
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