Warm Up: Government Trivia! Use your notebook to answer the questions. What year was the Constitutional Convention? Where did the Convention take place? What sort of people attended the Convention? Who was the president of the Convention? What did large and small states disagree about at the Convention? How many branches of government did the Constitution set up? What are they? Which branch of government makes laws? Which branch includes the Supreme Court?

How did the United States gain territory in the west? Today’s Question: How did the United States gain territory in the west?

Agenda: Video clip: The West Notes/color map: U.S. gains territory Documentary: America the Story of Us: Westward

Video Clip: What different groups of people have lived in the west? Why did American want to expand out west? What problems might they face?

United States in 1783 (following the Revolutionary War)

1803: Louisiana Purchase __________ ____________purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. He sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition to explore and map out the land from the ______________ River to the ______________ Ocean.

1803: Louisiana Purchase

1819: Florida ______________ gave Florida to the United States through a treaty.

1819: Florida

1845: Texas Texas broke away from Mexico in 1836 and became an _____________country. In 1845 Texas became a state, which included all of present day Texas plus parts of New _____________ and several other states.

1845: Texas

1846: Oregon Both ___________ and the United States occupied Oregon until 1846. In 1846, the territory was ___________ between the United States and Great Britain.

1846: Oregon

1848: California The United States gained _____________ and the southwest after winning the Mexican American War.

1848: California