1. President Jefferson to President Jackson
Westward Expansion
President Jefferson to President Jackson

2. What is the first land added to the United States?
Northwest Territory
What is the first land added to the United States?

3. Presidential Election 1800
John Adams
Electoral Vote: 65
Popular Vote: 25,952
Thomas Jefferson
Electoral: 73
Popular Vote:41,330
Let the Federalist Party Begin
Yo Quiero Democratic- Republicans
President: Thomas Jefferson
Vice President: Aaron Burr

4. President Jefferson

5. Louisiana (LA)Purchase 1803

6. LA Purchase 1803 Jefferson only wants to buy New Orleans
Napoleon offers him all French land in North America
827,000 sq miles for 15 million
(3 cents/acre then, 42 cents/acre today)
LA Purchase 1803

7. Jefferson has strict interpretation of constitution
LA Purchase requires loose interpretation to be constitutional
Jefferson does LA purchase, even though he thinks its unconstitutional
Jefferson’s Decision

8. Democratic-Republicans on the LA Purchase
“If farming is cool, then call me Miles Davis”
Benefits of Purchase
Doubles the size of the United States
Enough land for every white man to have a small farm
 Increases democracy, since need land to vote
Removes powerful neighbor (France) from continent
Democratic-Republicans on the LA Purchase

9. Federalists on LA Purchase
“I hate Thomas Jefferson!!!!”
Problems with Purchase
Upsets balance btw slave states/free states (slavery will spread)
Will divide the country as people move west
Harder to govern (too big)
It is unconstitutional
Jefferson did it, so it must be bad!!!
Federalists on LA Purchase