Friday 9/26/14 work
Cover page for the unit
•Westward Expansion
1800-1840
•Include 2 pictures
•Add color
Monday September 29, 2014
Warm-up (use your vocab sheet)
• One President during the Westward Expansion
period is ____________________________.
• The name of the war during this period
is_________________________________.
• One area of land that the U.S. acquired during
this time is ___________________________.
• P. 217
• P. 222
The Louisiana Purchase
• Jefferson wanted to control the Mississippi River.
• bought it from France
• Almost doubled the size of the country.
• Could the President buy new land? This was an
issue that needed to be addressed by Congress.
Why did Jefferson send Lewis and
Clark?
• Find all-water route to the Pacific.
• map the country to justify claiming it as ours
• To survey the country’s natural history.
– Animals
– plants
– Native people
Setting up map
• Using the text book, draw in the boundaries
for the Louisiana Territory.
• See pages 217 and 222
Tuesday September 30, 2014
Warm-up
• Name two things you learned from yesterday’s
lesson.
• One thing I learned was…
• Another thing I learned was…
Vocab summary work
On the next blank page in your notebook,
do these 2 activities to familiarize yourself with
the vocab words
• write the 11 vocab words in alphabetical
order.
• Make a 2-column chart separating the words
into events & non-events
Northwest Territories
• After the Revolution, Americans began settling the
Northwest Territory.
• US army was sent in to battle the Native Americans
and convince them to give up their land.
• In the Treaty of Greenville (1795), Native Americans
gave up parts of Ohio & agreed allow white
settlements at locations that would help with trade.
This led to white settlers taking more and more of the
NorthwestTerritory.
Florida
• Secretary of State John Quincy Adams
negotiated a treaty with Spain, giving Florida
to the United States.
• The US gave pieces of the Louisiana Purchase
to Spain to settle border disputes around
Mexico.
• Adams-Onis Treaty, signed in 1819.
Add today’s sections to your map
• Northwest Territory – Fought
• Florida - treaty
Wednesday 10/1/14 warm up
• Choosing between purchasing,
war and treaties, which do you
think is the best way for a country
to acquire new lands? Why do
you think that?
Texas Independence
• Mexicans invited Americans to colonize the
land of Texas.
• Americans had to agree to certain things:
– surrender their American citizenship
– Swear allegiance to Mexico
– Adopt the Roman Catholic religion
– Hold the land for 7 years
– do not bring slaves with them
Texas Independence
• Many Americans did not honor the
agreement.
• Mexican government sent troops to occupy
Texas.
• Fighting erupted and the Mexicans were
winning until Santa Anna, the Mexican
President, was captured.
• The US and Mexico negotiated Texas
Independence from Mexico.
Important People
Thursday October 2, 2014
Warm-up
• Quickwrite: Why do you think the U.S. was
trying so hard to acquire all of this land? What
do you think they were hoping to gain from all
this?
• 20 words. Circle the word count when you’re
finished.
Quiz
1. Which of the following is a reason why Jefferson sent out Lewis
and Clark to the Louisiana Territory?
a) To see if there was a water route to the Pacific
b) To drive out the Native Americans
c) To mine the gold in California
d) To prepare for war with Spain
2. Which of the following is true aboutwhy Jefferson wanted the
Louisiana Territory?
a) He wanted to control the Mississippi River.
b) He wanted a better position for future takeover of
Mexican land.
c) He wanted to weaken the French.
d) He wanted a political advantage over his opponent in the
political race.
3. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the Americans to
be able to live in Texas?
a) They had to surrender American citizenship.
b) They had to swear allegiance to Mexico.
c) Must fly a Mexican flag on their property.
d) Must adopt the Roman Catholic religion.
4. What is the correct definition of suffrage?
a) The right to vote.
b) The right to own land.
c) The right to own a gun.
d) The right to run for political office.
5. Which of the following happened after Texas gained independence?
a) It was immediately adopted as the 14th state.
b) With its new Independence it decided to rejoin Mexico.
c) It became its own nation named the Republic of Texas
d) Mexico immediately reclaimed Texas as part of Mexico.
Causes?
• Mexico was upset at the annexation of Texas.
• President Polk’s belief in national expansion.
• Polk’s desire to settle the boundary between
Mexico and U.S.
• Mexico’s refusal to meet with U.S. delegate.
Mexican American War
• Polk claimed the Mexicans invaded U.S. territory: so he
declared War.
• Californians took control of their land and declared
themselves independent of Mexico.
• American troops took over the capital of Mexico.
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848.
• Gadsden Purchase, 1853
Friday, Oct 3, 2014
Warm-up
• Name one cause of the Mexican American
War.
• Explain why the US bought the Gadsden
Purchase.
Gadsden Purchase
• Southerners wanted a railway to the west coast.
• The US government realized it would help the US
expand trade.
• The US govt purchased the land for $10 million
Oregon Territory
• Oregon was settled mostly by Americans but was
jointly owned by U.S. and G.B.
• Polk claimed “54̊° 40° or fight.” He basically told
Great Britain that the US would go to war with
them if GB didn’t hand over the land.
• Settled with a treaty that set the boundary at the
49th parallel, separating Canada and the US
Alaska
• The U.S. was looking to expand into the Pacific
Ocean.
• Russia was recovering from a war and offered
to sell Alaska to the U.S.
• The US govt thought it had potential for fur,
timber, and metals.
• Later, gold and oil were discovered.