1. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion

2. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion
Louisiana Territory
Napoleon sold territory to the US
Cost $15 Million
Doubled the size of the US
Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
U.S. purchases the Louisiana Territory from France.
Thomas Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark to explore new land.
Their goal was to find a water way to the Pacific… So they thought
Secret Goal….
They recorded everything in a journal.

3. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion
Zebulon Pike
Explored the Great Plains
Sent to establish trade relations with Natives.
Thought the land in KS was worthless
Spanish beat him there and imprisoned him.
They thought he was a SPY!
Pike’s Peak is named after him.
Stephen Long
He is the first to publish the KS atlas
Called Kansas “The Great American Desert”.

4. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson signed act, allowed U.S. to move Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
Felt they were in the way of American progress.
Set up Native American Reservations throughout the Plains.
Missionaries
Schools set up to teach Native American children about Christianity and vocational skills.
Main goal: attempt to Americanize Native children.

5. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion
Santa Fe Trail
Popular trade route that connected Missouri – New Mexico
Very dangerous, Navajo & Apache Territory
Oregon-California Trail
Trail was created for movement of people, not goods.
Took about 6 months, 2,000 miles long.
Myth of Native American attacks.
Manifest Destiny
Belief that the U.S. should expand coast to coast.

6. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion
Slave System
Soil in south was better suited for farming
Southern states needed work force
Cruel and harsh life for African Americans
Caused a lot of tension between North and South
Abolition – The fight to end slavery in the U.S.

7. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion
Missouri Compromise
U.S. struggles with the question of slavery.
Should it be allowed in all states, some states, or none of the states?
In 1820 there were 11 free states and 11 slave states.
Compromise allowed for 2 new states to enter union.
Missouri = Slave & Maine = Free
Allowed US to keep balance of power.
Banned slavery in northern unorganized territory

8. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion
Compromise of 1850
California enters Union as Free State
Fugitive Slave Act is adopted.
Made all citizens assist in recovery of runaway slaves.
Slaves had no right to a jury trial.

9. Ch. 3 Exploration & Expansion
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Senator Stephen A Douglas
Wanted to expand the U.S. boundaries.
Proposed the idea of using popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories.
Allows people to vote on whether they would be a free or slave state.
This would repeal the Missouri Compromise.