Territorial Expansion and its New Opportunities SITUATION, PROS, CONS, RESOLUTIONS

13 Colonies Expansion

Further Expansion Why would citizens want to migrate to the territories on this map from the original 13 colonies?

Current States from Louisiana Purchase  Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma,  Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,  Iowa, Minnesota,  South Dakota,  North Dakota, Montana,  Wyoming, Idaho  Locate these states on your map and color them in red then highlight these items on your capitals sheet in red

Louisiana Purchase  Purchase of territory west of the Mississippi River made by Thomas Jefferson in 1803 doubled the size of the United States.  The U.S. paid 50 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), a total sum of 15 million dollars (around 4 cents per acre [1] ), for the Louisiana territory ($236 million in 2014 dollars, less than 42 cents per acre). [francs$ [1] [  Lewis and Clark explored the territory and mapped it with the help of Sacagawea from

Texas Annexation/ Mexican Session  During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. Polk accomplished this through the annexation of Texas in 1845, the negotiation of the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain in 1846, and the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1848, which ended with the signing and ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo in These events brought within the control of the United States the future states of Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Washington, and Oregon, as well as portions of what would later become Colorado……Oregon Treaty  2 significant outcomes- new land to settle as part of Manifest Destiny and the question of extending slavery into these lands – the Wilmot Proviso suggested there be no slavery in new territories those deepening the north and south division.

Life on the Plains Ranching and Mining Farmers and Populists

Alaskan Purchase

 Purchase of Alaska March 30, 1867 How much do you think a state is worth? On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Do you think this was too much to pay for a piece of land that was mostly unexplored? At the time, critics thought Seward was crazy and called the deal "Seward's folly." Seward was laughed at for his willingness to spend so much on "Seward's icebox" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden." Ultimately, buying Alaska proved to be a very good move. Major discoveries of gold were made there in the 1880s and 1890s. These discoveries brought attention and people to Alaska. Today, petroleum transported across the state through a pipeline is Alaska's richest mineral resource. Do you know when Alaska became a state? In 1946, Alaskans approved statehood and adopted a constitution in On January 3, 1959, President Eisenhower announced Alaska's entrance into the Union as the 49th state. How much do you think Alaska, the nation's largest state, would be worth today?

Hawaiian Revolt In 1893, a group of American expatriates and sugar planters supported by a division of U.S. Marines deposed Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii. One year later, the Republic of Hawaii was established as a U.S. protectorate with Hawaiian-born Sanford B. Dole as president Many in Congress opposed the formal annexation of Hawaii, and it was not until 1898, following the use of the naval base at Pearl Harbor during the Spanish- American War, that Hawaii's strategic importance became evident and formal annexation was approved. Two years later, Hawaii was organized into a formal U.S. territory. During World War II, Hawaii became firmly ensconced in the American national identity following the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.Pearl HarborWorld War II In March 1959 the US Government approved statehood and the Hawaiian people vote for statehood in June 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation admittingDwight D. Eisenhower HawaiiHawaii into the Union as the 50th state

Last 11 states added to U.S.  Locate these states on the map and color them in any additional color – locate them on your capitals list and highlight them

Spanish American War 1898 The Spanish-American War saw the birth of Gitmo or Guantanamo Bay. In February 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a treaty with Cuba’s new government that leased the area to the United States for 2,000 gold coins—or roughly $4,000—annually.

The term “yellow journalism” came from a popular comic strip of the 1890s… It is … Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.

Newspaper Editors compete for readers by exaggerating the truth

U.S. TERRITORIES On July 25, 1898, during the Spanish–American War, the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico with a landing at Guánica. As an outcome of the war, Spain ceded Puerto Rico (1898) (pop. 3.9 million), along with the Philippines and Guam (1898) (pop. 167k), then under Spanish sovereignty, to the U.S. under the Treaty of Paris.Spanish–American WarGuánicaPhilippinesGuamTreaty of Paris American Samoa (c. 1900) (pop. 58k) The Virgin Islands (1916) (pop. 109k) The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (1947) (pop. 80k)

Isthmus of Panama  IN 1903 the US bought the route across Panama from a French company for 40 million dollars which secured a vital trade link from America to the eastern world and from the east to west coasts of the United States. This cut 8000 nautical miles off the trip.  We also agreed to pay Panama $10 million plus $250,000 annual rent