1. Quiet and Seated
Review you Learning Outcomes!

2. Current Events

3. CNN Student News
On a sheet of paper, put your name on it and title it CNN Student News
Write the date in the left margin
For each date identify 4 topics
For each topic, describe with 3 adjectives

4. Jefferson Expands the Nation

5. In 1800 – the “West” in America referred to the Trans-Appalachian West
The area between the Appalachian Mtns and the Mississippi River
France and Spain were negotiating ownership between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mtns

6. Spain also had claims over most of Cal.
Russia and Great Britain had claims in the Oregon Territory up to Alaska

7. Napoleon was able to regain the Louisiana Territory from Spain in a secret treaty signed in 1800
When the Spanish were turning the port of N.O. over to the French, they closed it to American shipping
Westerners called for war with France and Spain

8. The Louisiana Purchase
To avoid war – Jefferson offered to buy N.O.
Napoleon asked if we would be interested in the entire LA. territory
Because of the war with Britain, France needed money more than land

9. Jefferson’s contradiction
The Constitution didn’t allow for the purchase of new land
But a nation of small farmers would need more land
T.J. bought the Louisiana Territory for $15mil (3cents per acre)
Doubled the size of the U.S.

10. Exploring the Louisiana Territory
Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis to lead the expedition
Lewis chose William Clark to accompany him
Clark was a skilled mapmaker & outdoorsman

11. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Instructed by Jefferson to:
Find a water route across the continent
Claim the Oregon Territory
Est. good relations w/N.A.
Create maps
Notes on plants, animals, landscape

12. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Spring 1804: left St. Louis
October 1804: reached N.Dakota
Spring 1805: left N. Dakota
Accompanied by Sacagawea
Guide / Interpreter

13. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Fall, 1805: Reached the Columbia River
Nov. 1805: Reached the Pacific
Built Fort Clatsop
1806: Returned to St. Louis

14. Results of the exploration
Accurate maps of the new territory
Growth of fur trade
More people moving West

15. Today’s assignment Clear your desks
With the exception of a sheet of paper and a writing utensil
Title paper Lewis and Clark Expedition
While watching the video, jot down 10 adjectives about the expedition
At the conclusion of the video – use your list of adjectives to write a brief summary of the journey (1 pages).
Identify the different rivers, tribes, mountains and new scientific discoveries