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Manifest Destiny The belief that it was the United State’s right and duty to spread across the North American continent
Manifest Destiny
The belief that it was the United State’s right and duty to spread
across the North American continent
The U.S. wants New Orleans
• Farmers needed the
Mississippi River to
get their crops to the
market
New Orleans
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What action should the United States take?
A. Offer to buy the city of New Orleans from France so that American farmers can export their goods from that port.
B. Threaten to go to war if France does not hand over New Orleans to the United States
C. Offer to buy all of the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, so that the French are no longer a threat to the United States. Explain your choice- “The United States should select option___because…”
The Louisiana Purchase• Jefferson sent James Monroe to France
to offer to buy New Orleans
• Instead, Napoleon Bonaparte offers James Monroe all of Louisiana!!!
Holy batman, dude. All of Louisiana? Are you nuts?!?
Yes I am.
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It was becauseof the LouisianaPurchase that Nebraskaexists today
“A Noble Bargain”
• Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion
• Invasion of Iraq in 2003: Cost: $551b, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 billion
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The new territorywould double the country’s size ata bargain price of justtwo to three centsan acre!
Opponents of Louisiana Purchase
• Some worried that such a large country would be impossible to govern
• Others worried that the U.S. didn’t have the money to pay for it
• Others argued it was unconstitutional
Went against the U.S.Constitution
The Explorers!
• In the early 1800s, a number of expeditions set out from the United States to explore the West.
• The most famous was the
Lewis and Clark expedition,
a pet project for President
Thomas JeffersonI want to find the magicalNorthwest Passage
Lewis and Clark
What up. I’m William Clark.
Yo, yo yo. I’m
Meriwether Lewis. Just keeping
it real.
Two former soldierswho led the expedition to explore the newlyacquired LouisianaTerritory.
3 major purposes of the Lewis and Clark expedition
1. Make friends with Indian
groups who might be
interested in trade
2. Find the magical “Northwest Passage,” water route across
North America
3. Explore the territory- what the
heck is out there?!?
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