Friday 9/26/14 workCover page for the unit

•Westward Expansion 1800-1840• Include 2 pictures•Add color

Monday September 29, 2014Warm-up (use your vocab sheet)

• One President during the Westward Expansion period is ____________________________.

• The name of the war during this period is_________________________________.

• One area of land that the U.S. acquired during this time is ___________________________.

• P. 217

• P. 222

The Louisiana Purchase

• Jefferson wanted to control the Mississippi River.

• bought it from France

• Almost doubled the size of the country.

• Could the President buy new land? This was an issue that needed to be addressed by Congress.

Why did Jefferson send Lewis and Clark?

• Find all-water route to the Pacific.

• map the country to justify claiming it as ours

• To survey the country’s natural history.– Animals– plants– Native people

Setting up map

• Using the text book, draw in the boundaries for the Louisiana Territory.

• See pages 217 and 222

Tuesday September 30, 2014Warm-up

• Name two things you learned from yesterday’s lesson.

• One thing I learned was…

• Another thing I learned was…

Vocab summary work

On the next blank page in your notebook, do these 2 activities to familiarize yourself with the vocab words• write the 11 vocab words in alphabetical

order.• Make a 2-column chart separating the words

into events & non-events

Northwest Territories• After the Revolution, Americans began settling the

Northwest Territory.

• US army was sent in to battle the Native Americans and convince them to give up their land.

• In the Treaty of Greenville (1795), Native Americans gave up parts of Ohio & agreed allow white settlements at locations that would help with trade. This led to white settlers taking more and more of the NorthwestTerritory.

Florida

• Secretary of State John Quincy Adams negotiated a treaty with Spain, giving Florida to the United States.

• The US gave pieces of the Louisiana Purchase to Spain to settle border disputes around Mexico.

• Adams-Onis Treaty, signed in 1819.

Add today’s sections to your map

• Northwest Territory – Fought

• Florida - treaty

Wednesday 10/1/14 warm up

• Choosing between purchasing, war and treaties, which do you think is the best way for a country to acquire new lands? Why do you think that?

Texas Independence

• Mexicans invited Americans to colonize the land of Texas.

• Americans had to agree to certain things: – surrender their American citizenship– Swear allegiance to Mexico– Adopt the Roman Catholic religion– Hold the land for 7 years– do not bring slaves with them

Texas Independence• Many Americans did not honor the

agreement.• Mexican government sent troops to occupy

Texas.• Fighting erupted and the Mexicans were

winning until Santa Anna, the Mexican President, was captured.

• The US and Mexico negotiated Texas Independence from Mexico.

Important People

Thursday October 2, 2014Warm-up

• Quickwrite: Why do you think the U.S. was trying so hard to acquire all of this land? What do you think they were hoping to gain from all this?

• 20 words. Circle the word count when you’re finished.

Quiz1. Which of the following is a reason why Jefferson sent out Lewis

and Clark to the Louisiana Territory?a) To see if there was a water route to the Pacificb) To drive out the Native Americansc) To mine the gold in Californiad) To prepare for war with Spain

2. Which of the following is true aboutwhy Jefferson wanted the Louisiana Territory?a) He wanted to control the Mississippi River.b) He wanted a better position for future takeover of

Mexican land.c) He wanted to weaken the French.d) He wanted a political advantage over his opponent in the

political race.

3. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the Americans to be able to live in Texas?

a) They had to surrender American citizenship.b) They had to swear allegiance to Mexico. c) Must fly a Mexican flag on their property.d) Must adopt the Roman Catholic religion.

4. What is the correct definition of suffrage? a) The right to vote.b) The right to own land.c) The right to own a gun.d) The right to run for political office.

5. Which of the following happened after Texas gained independence?a) It was immediately adopted as the 14th state. b) With its new Independence it decided to rejoin Mexico. c) It became its own nation named the Republic of Texasd) Mexico immediately reclaimed Texas as part of Mexico.

Causes?

• Mexico was upset at the annexation of Texas.

• President Polk’s belief in national expansion.

• Polk’s desire to settle the boundary between Mexico and U.S.

• Mexico’s refusal to meet with U.S. delegate.

Mexican American War

• Polk claimed the Mexicans invaded U.S. territory: so he declared War.

• Californians took control of their land and declared themselves independent of Mexico.

• American troops took over the capital of Mexico.

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848.

• Gadsden Purchase, 1853

Friday, Oct 3, 2014Warm-up

• Name one cause of the Mexican American War.

• Explain why the US bought the Gadsden Purchase.

Gadsden Purchase

• Southerners wanted a railway to the west coast.

• The US government realized it would help the US expand trade.

• The US govt purchased the land for $10 million

Oregon Territory

• Oregon was settled mostly by Americans but was jointly owned by U.S. and G.B.

• Polk claimed “5 ° 40° or fight.” He basically told 4̊ 4̊�Great Britain that the US would go to war with them if GB didn’t hand over the land.

• Settled with a treaty that set the boundary at the 49th parallel, separating Canada and the US

Alaska• The U.S. was looking to expand into the Pacific

Ocean.

• Russia was recovering from a war and offered to sell Alaska to the U.S.

• The US govt thought it had potential for fur, timber, and metals.

• Later, gold and oil were discovered.