USI.8 EXPANSIONUSI.8A describe territorial expansion and how it affected the political map of the United States, with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Florida, Texas, Oregon, and California.

USI.8B identify the geographic and economic factors that influenced the westward movement of settlers.

USI.8C describe the impact of inventions, including the cotton gin, the reaper, the steamboat, and the steam locomotive, on life in America.

USI.8D identify the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.

WESTWARD MOVEMENTUSI.8A-D

“Oh, Susannah” (5)

WHY MOVE WEST?

• Population growth in the eastern states• Cheap, fertile land• Economic opportunity (gold rush, logging,

farming, freedom (for runaway slaves)• Cheaper, faster transportation (rivers and canals

{Erie Canal}, steamboats, etc.)• Knowledge of overland trails (Oregon & Santa Fe)• Belief in Manifest Destiny (idea that expansion

was good and right for the country)

USI.8B

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

• Cotton gin (Eli Whitney) – increased production of cotton & increased the need for slaves to grow & pick it

• Reaper (Cyrus McCormick) – increased production of the farmer

• Steamboat (Robert Fulton) – faster transportation from Southern plantations to factories of the North

• Steam locomotives – faster land transportation

USI.8C

WESTWARD EXPANSION

• Louisiana Purchase• Florida• Texas Annexation• Oregon Country• California (Mexican

Cession)

USI.8A

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• Jefferson purchased land from France

• Doubled the size of the United States

• Lewis & Clark were hired to explore from Mississippi R. to Pacific Ocean

• Sacajawea was a guide

USI.8A

“Cajun music” (2)

Louisiana Purchase

• 1803• Cost 15 million dollars• Purchased by

Jefferson from Napoleon

• Doubled the size of the U.S.

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FLORIDA

• Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty

USI.8A

“Swanee River” – FL State Song (2)

Florida•1819 Florida was purchased from Spain

•Adams-Onis Treaty

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TEXAS

• Stephen Austin• Sam Houston• Alamo

– Davy Crockett

– Jim Bowie

• Texas Republic• Mexican War

– Santa Anna

USI.8A

“Yellow Rose of Texas” – TX State Song (2)

The Annexation of Texas

• Texas breaks from Mexico and declares it’s independence in 1836.

• The U.S. annexed Texas in 1845.

• Led to the Mexican/American War.

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OREGON COUNTRY

• Divided with Great Britain – Britain got British Columbia

• Contained states of Washington, Oregon, and part of Idaho

• Oregon Trail helped people settle there

USI.8A

Oregon State Song – “?” (2)

Oregon TerritoryOregon Territory

• “5440’ or Fight”.

• British withdrawal in 1846.

• “5440’ or Fight”.

• British withdrawal in 1846.

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CALIFORNIA

• John C. Fremont• Part of the Mexican

Cession after the Mexican War (1845)

• Sutter’s Mill– Gold Rush of 1849

– Forty-niners

– Sacramento

USI.8A

“Let Me Be There” (3)

“All the Gold” (3)

Mexican Cession

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

• 1848 Mexico gave up California, New Mexico

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

• 1848 Mexico gave up California, New Mexico

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The Gadsden Purchase

• 1853

• Purchased from Mexico because we thought that we would build a transcontinental railroad there.

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Actual Map of Expansion

Here is how it looks overall. “River of Dreams” (4)

Expansion of the United States

Can you find the misspelled word?

COLOR YOUR MAP:13 Colonies

Old Northwest

Old Southwest

Florida

Louisiana Purchase

Texas Annexation

Oregon Country

Mexican Cession

Gadsden Purchase

Alaska Purchase

Hawaiian Annexation

Not shown or colored on this map!

MANIFEST DESTINY

ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

• Most abolitionists demanded freedom for slaves• Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong

– Morally wrong– Cruel and inhumane– A violation of the principles of democracy

• Leaders– Harriet Tubman– William Lloyd Garrison– Frederick Douglass

USI.8D

The Liberator

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

“Go Down, Moses” (1)

SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT• Supporters declared that “All men and women are

created equal.”• Supporters believed that women were deprived of

basic rights.– Denied the right to vote– Denied educational opportunities– Denied equal opportunities in business– Limited in rights to own property

• Leaders– Sojourner Truth– Susan B. Anthony– Elizabeth Cady Stanton

USI.8D

Sojourner Truth

“I am Woman” (1)