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A. Louisiana Purchase1.Purchased from France
- 1803-$15 Million
(Napoleon Sells)2. Geographic Location
*East- Mississippi River
3. Exploration
*Lewis & ClarkJob: Explore the new territory of Louisiana
-Find a North West Passage
-Find the true size of the territory
-Discover Native Americans.
-Describe Natural Resources
** Sacagawea-Indian Woman, Hired to be guide,
learned English
Sacajawea shows Lewis
& Clark
through
the Louisiana
Purchase
Industrial Revolution
**Creation of a factory system and use of mechanical tools to improve life and production
** Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney:1793
** Steam Boat
* New Land means they can move!
Use roads and the
NEW RAILROAD!
Europe was in a war, and needed supplies from U.S
People in U.S. losing $$/ Supplies were cut off
British v. United States British help Native Americans to attack American
settlements.
War Hawks: wanted the U.S. to fight G.B.
( they like war)
British burn
Washington DC
Francis Scott Key writes
“Star Spangled Banner”
- National Anthem
U.S. won at New OrleansTreaty of Ghent: Ended the war
** Both sides didn’t think they could win
Showed the U.S. could
stand up to the British
** TEXAS Republic:
- Americans settle in Texas
-Belongs to new country- Mexico
-Mexico wants Americans to learncustoms
**No more Americans: Texas is MAD!
* Texas asks to leave Mexico and be on their own, Mexico says NO!
* Houston chosen as leader of Texas Army
** Battle for Independence
-Mexico is winning at first
Alamo (1836): Texans stationed at Alamo; Mexico v.
Texas. Mexico breaks through and kills all Texans
-Texans Recover- Capture Santa Anna (Dictator)
Numbering approximately 189 men, the Texans fought off the Mexicans, who
numbered around 3,000-4,000 troops, for 13 days until the Mexican Army finally
overran the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
** 1836- Texas is FREE- On their own!
Asks to join the U.S.
U.S. says NO- North doesn’t like slavery
Finally YES as slave state
Annexed : to add in 1845
1. Mexico starts to welcome Americans into
its territories (New Mexico & California)
2.U.S. Annexes (adds) Texas (Upset Mexico)
3. U.S. thought Texas boarder at Rio
Grande
4. Mexico thought boarder at Nueces
River
Mexico v. U.S.* Many Americans were against the war (Why?)
- U.S. Wins Easily!
*Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848): Ends War ($15 million) Mexico cedes (gave up) California & all of Southwest gives Mexico million
* Gadsden Purchase-(10 million) for S. Arizona and Southern
New Mexico
** Native Americans
* President Jackson wanted to open up the
land from Southeast to Mississippi for farming
1. Indian Removal Act of 1830:* Passed by Congress
* Ordered Indians to give up lands East of Mississippi to tradefor land in Oklahoma
* BAD LAND!!
* -Cherokee Refuse
**Cherokee sue in Supreme Court to
stop removal (Jackson ignores order)
**1835- some Cherokee sign treaty but most of
17,000 do not agree and will not accept it
2. Trail of Tears: 1838**Trail from Georgia to Oklahoma. Many die during
800 mile march, treated bad by soldiers, hungry, cold, disease
-Forced Out: Jackson Uses Military – Sends 7,000 troops in to force removal
** Manifest Destiny:1840’s – Belief that the U.S. and it’s people had the right to “colonize” and use all territory from Atlantic to Pacific.
- Mountain Men:*Early explorers head into Louisiana
*Send stories and goods back
* Led people to explore the West
*Promise of rich land in Oregon
** Oregon Trail- Rough trail, harsh
conditions, not enough food, people DIE
**Both U.S. and Great Britain said they owned Oregon
**U.S. adds 5,000 more people & British don’t
-1846 agreement to set border at the 49th Parallel
** Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana.
CALIFORNIA!!
* After Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848): belongs to U.S
** GOLD RUSH!! - 1848/49 (49’ers)
*Gold found at Sutter’s Mill 1848
*100,000 people come between 1848-1849
*Boomtowns: No Government /Rough Towns
Becoming a State: 1850
* *Banned Slavery: Created trouble in Congress!
