UNIT 5

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Objective: I will understand the beliefs behind and processes of westward expansion in the U.S.

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• U.S. purchased from France (Napoleon) for $15 million

• 1803• Thomas Jefferson

– 3rd president• From the

Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains

• Control of the Mississippi River Napoleon Jefferson

Lewis and Clark• Meriwether Lewis and William

Clark – journey west per Jefferson

• Corps of Discovery - map territory, search for NW passage, map location of Europeans

• Sacagawea helped with expedition to the Pacific Ocean

• Extensive journals – information about the vast territory

Westward Movement

• Pioneers/Pioneer Spirit

• Mass exodus – immigrants, families leaving the east for the west

• Donner party – shows the extreme hardships