Be Prepared …  Notes from Table Today we will…  Explore how the U.S. acquired Louisiana  Explore the Lewis and Clark expedition

FEDERALISTS President John Adams President John Adams Vice President Charles Pinckney Vice President Charles Pinckney DEM-REPUBLICANS Vice President Aaron Burr Vice President Aaron Burr President Thomas Jefferson President Thomas Jefferson LET’S REVIEW THE ELECTION OF 1800…

What is the Electoral College? The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters. Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. [ [ What is the Electoral College? The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters. Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. [ [

Members of the Electoral College were authorized by the original Constitution to vote for two names for President.

Who won? Democratic Republicans

The result of this election was affected by the three-fifths clause – had slaves not been counted as persons for purposes of Congressional apportionment, Adams would have won Where did Jefferson get a lot of support?

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS WIN THE ELECTION… Each elector who voted for Jefferson also voted for Burr, resulting in a tied electoral vote. The election was then put into the hands of the outgoing House of Representatives which, after 35 votes in which neither Jefferson nor Burr obtained a majority, elected Jefferson on the 36th ballot. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS WIN THE ELECTION… Each elector who voted for Jefferson also voted for Burr, resulting in a tied electoral vote. The election was then put into the hands of the outgoing House of Representatives which, after 35 votes in which neither Jefferson nor Burr obtained a majority, elected Jefferson on the 36th ballot. Who wins now? I’m elected the new President! I become the Vice President Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr To fix the problem in the original presidential election, the 12 th Amendment (1804) was added to the United States Constitution, stipulating that electors make a discrete choice between their selections for president and vice-president.

LOUISANA PURCHASE French leader Napoleon wanted to establish his empire into North America but eventually needed more money to finance his war in Europe so he approached the U.S. about selling the land to them.

LOUISANA PURCHASE By purchasing the land for $15 million (about 3 cents/acre), the U.S. doubled the size of its country!

Thomas Jefferson asked Congress for money to finance an expedition to the west to explore all the new land they had purchased from the French. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were chosen to lead about 40 men on the expedition

Movie Notes Part I 8, 1804 Missouri River Pacific 4 dozen 18 months – 2 years 18 months – 2 years Great rewards

Movie Notes … Great Plains Rocky Mountains Continental Divide Pacific Ocean

Movie Notes … Savages Fierce, cruel to white men Corps of Discovery The Land Itself Untapped land with a wealth of possible resources and the ability for Americans to move west

Movie Notes … 2 out of 3 50 Atlantic Ocean Mississippi River The Northwest Passage would link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 28 personal secretary drank depressed He was an old friend of Lewis Learned to fight/negotiate with Indians Brave 4 years older than Lewis

Movie Notes … He would encounter new plants and animals on his journey The journey would be difficult so they needed the best supplies…

Movie Notes Part II Used to the woods; from all over Used to the woods; from all over Unmarried men Stout A slave of William Clark Banks tumble into the river Drifting logs Overhanging trees Fast current Sand bars Cornmeal, flour Meat, fish Pork, whiskey maps plants soil

cannon whiskey Independence Creek Jefferson wanted to write a novel about the experience Afraid of the consequences…

Movie Notes Part III They were on the Great Plains NO Trees Prairie on both sides Seemed to go on for miles

Movie Notes … Jefferson Wanted Specimens First ever recorded documentation of…. Coyotes Prairie Dogs Jack Rabbits Antelope Herds of Buffalo

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Otoe Arikara Yankton Sioux America Now owns land Give out Peace Medals Speeches Show Off

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Also known as Lakota Immense Power Dominated every tribe around them Clark anxious Made an attempt to stop expedition ( Threaten to Kill the entire corps if they continued Black Buffalo Intervened Stayed with Teton Sioux for 3 nervous days

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