Name:__________________________________________ Date: ___________
Guided Cornell Notes: Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark
Key Points
Notes
Expansion: __________
Westward
Expansion
US history expansion: the US was
gaining more territory (land), and
this was a ___________
The US _____________
Louisiana Purchase : the territory
(land) that President Thomas
Jefferson _____________________
_______________________________
Louisiana
The land became part of the USA
Purchase
This was an important purchase (buy)
because it ____________________
____________________________
Lewis and
Clark
Lewis and Clark: _________ sent by
President Jefferson to explore the
Louisiana Purchase territory
The explorers gathered important
information about _____________
_____________________________
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Reinforcement Questions
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What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Who bought the Louisiana Territory?
How much did he buy it for?
Who did he buy it from?
Why is the Louisiana Purchase important?
What were the names of the two men who explored the Louisiana Territory?
What kind of information did they gather from their exploration of the
Louisiana Territory?
Introduction to New Material:
 Show students the size of the United States at this point (prior to Louisiana
Purchase)
 Then show students this size of the United States after the Louisiana
Purchase
 What was the Louisiana Purchase?
 Thomas Jefferson (then 3rd President of the United States) decided to double
the size of the United States by buying a large piece of land in America known
as the Louisiana from the French
 Louisiana Purchase = President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana
Territory from the French for $15 million dollars
 The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States
 Louisiana Territory became part of the United States
 Show students a picture of the Louisiana Purchase
 As more and more Americans moved west through the Cumberland Gap and
the Wilderness Road, more people desired to move into the new western
parts of the United States
 Thomas Jefferson sent two men Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to
explore the Louisiana Territory
 Have students read p. 288 in text books about Lewis and Clarks exploration
of the Louisiana Territory
 Lewis and Clark gathered invaluable information about people, plants,
animals, and the geography of the west
Stations (5 stations – 4 maps and 1 list of questions from notes)
5-6 Minutes at each station
Reinforcement Questions
8. What was the Louisiana Purchase?
9. Who bought the Louisiana Territory?
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10. How much did he buy it for?
11. Who did he buy it from?
12. Why is the Louisiana Purchase important?
13. What were the names of the two men who explored the Louisiana Territory?
14. What kind of information did they gather from their exploration of the
Louisiana Territory?
MAP SKILLS DURING GUIDED Practice
MAP #1
1. What was the status of Ohio during this time?
2. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?
3. What was the status of Tennessee during this time?
4. What was the status of Mississippi during this time?
5. What was the status of Illinois during this time?
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MAP #2
1. What river split the Louisiana Territory from the eastern part of the United
States?
2. Who owned the land north of the United States?
3. What is the name of the Mountain Range to the farthest western side of
North America?
4. How many miles would it take you to travel from the western side of the
Louisiana Purchase to the Atlantic Ocean?
5. What is the name of the ocean on the western side of the United States?
6. What is the name of the Mountain Range on the Eastern side of the United
States?
Bonus* = What two things that we’ve talked about is class allowed American
settlers to cross through the Appalachian Mountains to go west?
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MAP #3
1. How many miles would you have to drive if you started on the western side
of Tennessee and drove to the eastern side of North Carolina?
2. What are the names of two rivers that ran through the Louisiana Purchase?
3. When did Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana Purchase?
4. Who owned the land southwest of the Louisiana Purchase?
5. What river flows through Texas?
6. Where was the city of Natchez located?
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MAP #4 –
1. What do you think this red line is showing?
2. What is the name of the Mountain Range in the center of the map?
3. Identify two rivers that Lewis and Clark used to travel on.
4. When did Lewis and Clark depart (leave) St. Louis?
5. When did Lewis and Clark arrive in Ft. Clatsop winter quarters?
6. Approximately (about) how many miles did Lewis and Clark travel?
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