Manifest DestinyTURN IN BELL WORK!Bar Exam V1.-5. Presidents 21-25 (spelled correctly)6. Who are Lewis & Clark?7. What is the Louisiana Purchase?8. What president purchased the Louisiana Territory?9. Who helped Lewis & Clark find their way?10. Where did Lewis & Clark reach at the end of their journey?

Westward Expansion Map

Instructions•Label the Mississippi River•Draw the line that divides the Northern states from the Southern states and the Western states•Label the name of each land acquisition next to each number•OUTLINE each acquired territory with a different color

Create a KeyDefeat of Eastern Indians, 1794-1830

Indian War

Native American Reservations

Missouri Compromise

Old Northwest {aka Northwest Ordinance}Who: George Washington; Congress of the Conf.; U.S. CongressWhat: part of the Land Ordinance of 1785, where the gov’t hoped to sell land gained by the Treaty of ParisWhen: July 13, 1787/Aug. 7, 1789Where: South of the Great Lakes, north & west of the Ohio R., east of the Mississippi R.How: Washington signed the Ordinance into law with the support of CongressWhy: creation of the Northwest Territory in order to raise money selling land.

Old SouthwestWho: George Washington; U.S. Congress; North CarolinaWhat: following the Land Ordinance of 1785, where the gov’t hoped to sell land gained by the Treaty of Paris in order to raise money; North Carolina ceded land in the Southwest Ordinance of 1790.When: May 26, 1790.Where: South of the Ohio River, south & west of the Appalachian mountains., east of the Mississippi R.How: Washington signed the Ordinance into law with the support of CongressWhy: creation of the Southwest Ordinance

Louisiana PurchaseWho: U.S. Congress, Thomas Jefferson, France, NapoleonWhat: land purchase of Louisiana Territory from France under the Louisiana Purchase TreatyWhen: July 4, 1803Where: west of the Mississippi River, north of the Gulf of Mexico, south of British Canada, east of the Rocky MountainsHow: Jefferson paid $15 million for the Louisiana Territory (3 cents an acre!)Why: to eliminate the French presence in America, and for Napoleon to pay for the war with Britain and in Haiti

Oregon CountryWho: U.S., British & French Canadian fur trappers, RussiaWhat: disputed ownership of the land in the Pacific Northwest, which ended with the Oregon Treaty of 1846 and established the 49th parallel British-America boundaryWhen: 1846Where: south of the 49th parallel, west of the Rocky Mts. to the Pacific Ocean and north of the 42ºN latitude.How: U.S. and Great Britain signed the Oregon Treaty of 1846Why: to end the territorial dispute and settle from Atlantic to Pacific

Mexican CessionWho: U.S., MexicoWhat: southwestern U.S. that was ceded by Mexico after the Mexican-American WarWhen: 1848Where: Alta California; land south of the 42 parallel (set by the Adams-Onis Treaty), west of the Texas Rio Grande, and Baja and Sonora to the southHow: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed over the landWhy: U.S. fought Mexico (recently independent of Spain) for land; to expand the U.S. westward (manifest destiny)

Gadsden PurchaseWho: U.S., James Gadsden, Mexico, President Franklin PierceWhat: La Mesilla purchased through the Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoWhen: December 30, 1853Where: La Mesilla, U.S. Mexico boundary of present day Arizona and part of New Mexico; south of the Gila River and west of the Rio GrandeHow: Mexican-American War treaty signed by James GadsdenWhy: the land south of the Mexican Cession was too mountainous and the U.S. railroad wanted to build a Southern railroad line to increase trade

Texas AnnexationWho: U.S., President Polk, MexicoWhat: land won from the Mexican-American warWhen: 1845Where: present day Texas, Oklahoma, part of New Mexico, part of Colorado and into WyomingHow: Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoWhy: many white settlers were already settled there and owned plantations and wanted to be independent of Mexico

Spanish FloridaWho: U.S., Spain, SeminolesWhat: southern most disputed territory owned by Spain, U.S. settlers, and Seminole IndiansWhen: 1810-1819 Where: southern most land along the Gulf of MexicoHow: Adams-Onis TreatyWhy: to be able to go into Florida to find run away slaves

Red River ValleyWho: U.S., Great Britain, CanadaWhat: a region in central North America that is drained by the Red River of the NorthWhen: 1818Where: south of the 49th parallel, between the U.S., Canada, and the Rocky Mts. How: Anglo-American Convention of 1818Why: fertile valley land for agriculture