1. Population Growth

2. 1790
Why do you think that population grew in Kentucky before other areas?
What British law did these people violate?
What geographic feature did they have to cross?

3. 1800
Name the two ordinances that allowed for ordered settlement of the Northwest Territory

4. 1810
Why do you think that there was little to no population growth in the southern states?

5. 1820
Theorize as to why population growth grew dramatically in the south between 1810 and 1820.

6. 1830 What problem will the population growth create?
How will congress solve this issue?

7. 1840
Why do think population growth was so much greater in the Northeast than in the south?

8. 1850
In 1850, we now have Texas and California being shown. What events brought them into the Union?
What is the basis of the settlement shown in the square?

9. 1860
Why do you think that the central part of the country show no population?