1. Expansion of America SOL 1.8 America 1801 - 1861

2. What new territories became part of the United States between 1801 and 1861? Between 1801 and 1861, exploration was encouraged as America underwent vast territorial expansions and settlement.

3. Louisiana Purchase Florida Texas Oregon California New Expansion Territories

4. Louisiana Purchase

5. Jefferson bought land from France (the Louisiana Purchase), which doubled the size of the United States. In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriweather Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Louisiana Purchase 1803

6. Meriweather Lewis William Clark

7. Lewis and Clark

8. Florida

9. Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty. Florida

10. Texas

11. Texas - “Remember the Alamo”

12. Texas was added after it became an independent republic. Texas

13. Oregon

14. The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain. Oregon

15. California

16. War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States. California

18. Yo Yo Yo, we are done man!