Territorial Expansion

Vocabulary and Key Terms• Northwest Ordinance • Louisiana Purchase• War of 1812• Erie Canal• National Infrastructure• Monroe Doctrine

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE• One of the greatest contributions of the Articles of

Confederation

• Established the procedure for statehood • Demonstrated US plans to expand westward by adding

new states and not extending the existing ones • New states would be = members of Union• Banned slavery in NW Territory• Ohio River became boundary b/w free and slave regions

between the 13 states and Mississippi River• Mandated establishment of public schools

Louisiana PurchasePresident: Thomas Jefferson

Negotiator: James MonroeUS offered to buy port city,New Orleans from FranceNapoleon needed $$$ Napoleon sold New Orleansand the entire Louisiana Territory to the US for$15 millionPurchase doubled the size of the US

Lewis & Clark Expedition* Jefferson sent

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore new territory all the way to Pacific

*16 months*started in St. Louis* guide was Native

American: Sacajawea *charted trails west,

mapped rivers & mountain ranges, collected samples different animals/species/ plants, recorded facts/info about the different Native tribes

War of 1812 aka 2nd American Revolution : CAUSES

1. BRITISH IMPRESSMENT: capture US merchant ships and force American sailors to join the British navy

2. British were trying to RESTRICT US TRADE WITH FRANCE: British and French at war

3. BRITISH WERE GIVING MILITARY SUPPORT/SUPPLIES TO NATIVES who were trying to keep Americans from settling west of Appalachians

4. US WANTED BRITISH OUT OF NORTH AMIERICA by conquering Canada

WAR OF 1812 RESULTS2nd American Revolution

1. Ends hostility between US and GB: never again will U.S and Great Britain wage war over diplomacy, trade, territory, or any other kind of dispute

2. America’s army and navy were firmly established as worthy opponents of any European military force

3. The U.S military achievements in the War of 1812 increase nationalist sentiments and begins the development of a US national identity

ERIE CANAL• Started construction in 1817:

mostly immigrants• Opened in 1825 • 363 mile artificial waterway

that connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River, which then pours into the Atlantic Ocean

• Connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

• Made NYC a major port• Lowered transportation $$• Increased settlement in the

west and western NY • Helped unite new regions of

Atlantic states

Rise of New York City*Capital of U.S until 1790*Early developments turnedNYC into great economic

center established on a grid of city blocks

*Erie Canal created linkbetween European

merchants and NYC markets

* By 1835-NYC was largest city in US

**Artisans, workers, bankers, businessmen made city boom

VOCAB CARD QUIZ1. What were the 4 contributions of the NW

Ordinance? 2. LOUISIANA PURCHASE: A. Who was the

President? B. Who was the Negotiator?3. a.) How much $ did the US pay for the territory

and b.) who (person/country) did we purchase it from?

4. What were the 3 causes of the War of 1812? 5. Erie Canal connects Lake _____ to the _____

River which then pours into the ______ _______.

ANSWERS TO VOCAB CARD QUIZ1. 1. DEMONSTRATED THE US PLANS TO EXPAND WEST 2. BANNED SLAVERY IN THE NW TERRITORY

3. ESTABLISHED THE PROCEDURES FOR STATEHOOD IN THE NEW TERRITORY

4. MANDATED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2. THOMAS JEFFERSON/ JAMES MONROE3. $15 MILLION/ FRANCE: NAPOLEON4. 1. BRITISH & FRENCH AT WAR 2. BRITISH IMPRESSMENT 3. BRITISH GIVING SUPPLIES TO NATIVES 4. AMERICANS WANTED BRITISH OUT OF NORTH

AMERICA 5. ERIE; HUDSON; ATLANTIC OCEAN

National Infrastructure Families move west of Appalachians to claim

land in new American territories—

Long, difficult trip

RESPONSE-private companies built the nation’s roads and waterways--(roads were often turnpikes, or toll roads, fees used to pay for maintenance of the new roads

1825 Steamboat invented– enabled people to buy a ticket from private companies that operated the boats and travel in any direction (barges only flowed in one direction)

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE• Unite the nations economic interests: N: produce

manufactured goods, S: cotton and agriculture, W: livestock, grains and cotton: MAKE AMERICA INDEPENDENT

• NEED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: Railroads: faster, can cross almost any terrain, operates in severe weather

• Roads• Canals: built in the wilderness where there were no

roads or rivers• Steamboat: could travel against the current• National Road began in 1811

Monroe Doctrine: FOREIGN Monroe Doctrine: FOREIGN POLICYPOLICY Monroe announced that the U.S would

prevent European nations from interfering with independent American countries—U.S would stay neutral in wars between European nations and their American colonies, but, if battles took place in the Americas, the U.S would view such hostile actions as hostile actions against the U.S

1823-President James Monroe warned the nations of Europe not to interfere in the politics of North and South America

FILL-IN QUIZ1. _______: the first American overland

expedition to the Pacific and back. 2. _______: thousands of American sailors forced

against their will to serve in British Navy after their merchant ships were captured at sea

3. ______:first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi

4. _______: purchased by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles of the French territory

FILL-IN QUIZ5. ______:warned the nations of Europe

not to interfere in the politics of North and South America

6. ________: established the U.S military as worthy opponents of any European nation.

7: ______: Connects the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean, Made NYC a major portLowered transportation $$, Increasedsettlement in the west and western NY

FILL-IN QUIZ8. ______: One of the greatest contributions of

the Articles of Confederation• Established the procedure for statehood • Demonstrated US plans to expand westward

by adding new states and not extending the existing ones

9. ________: aka 2nd American Revolution10: ______: Unite the nations economic

interests: N: produce manufactured goods, S: cotton and agriculture, W: livestock, grains and cotton: MAKE AMERICA INDEPENDENT