2. U.S. purchased from France (Napoleon) for $15 million 1803 Thomas Jefferson – 3 rd president From the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains Control of the Mississippi River NapoleonJefferson

3. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark – journey west per Jefferson Corps of Discovery - map territory, search for NW passage, map location of Europeans Sacagawea helped with expedition to the Pacific Ocean Extensive journals – information about the vast territory

4. Pioneers/Pioneer Spirit Mass exodus – immigrants, families leaving the east for the west Donner party – shows the extreme hardships