Westward Expansion

1. Westward Expansion USI.8a-d

2. Gaining Territories USI.8a

3. You live in Philadelphia in 1830. Though you’ve lived in the city all of your life, you dream about the West and the frontier. Now you’ve discovered a wonderful writer whose stories tell about frontier life and events in American history. You can’t wait to read his next exciting adventure. You think that perhaps someday you could be a frontier hero too. Why would the frontier seem so exciting? Warm-Up

4. New Territories After 1801 • Louisiana Purchase • Jefferson bought land from France, which DOUBLED the size of the United States • Lewis & Clark were hired to explore the newly purchased land, the Oregon territory (from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean)

5. New Territories After 1801 • Florida (1819) • Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty – (Adams-OnisTreaty)

6. New Territories After 1801 • Texas (1836) • was added to the United States after it became an independent republic

7. New Territories After 1801 • Oregon (1846) • This territory was divided by the United States AND Great Britain so that settlers from both countries could settle there

8. New Territories After 1801 • California (1848) • War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States

9. We have been studying the new western frontier – in addition to the settlers, there is a cultural movement going on too. Lots of new writers and art are being introduced. On pages 308-309, choose ONE of the American writers and explain why you think he is more interesting. Then, choose one of the new styles of art and explain why you believe they are more fascinating. Warm-Up

10. You live in Ohio in 1840. A few months ago, you and your family heard stories about a wonderful land in the Northwest, with sparkling rivers and fertile valleys. You all decide to pull up stakes and head West. You travel to Independence, Missouri, planning to join a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. In Missouri, you’re supposed to find hundreds of other people planning to make the trip. What would you expect your journey West to be like? Warm-Up

11. Why Go West? USI.8b

12. Reasons To Go West 1. Population was growing in the eastern states (getting crowded)

13. Reasons To Go West 2. There was LOTS of cheap, fertile land available for the taking

14. Reasons To Go West 3. Cheaper and faster transportation (rivers and canals, Erie Canal, steamboats)

15. Reasons To Go West 4. Knowledge and access to the overland trails

16. Reasons To Go West 5. Belief in MANIFEST DESTINY - the idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was a God-given right

18. Inventions & Entrepreneurs USI.8c

19. Terms to Know • Inventor: a person who is the first to think of or make something

20. Terms to Know • Entrepreneur: a person who organizesresources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit

21. New Technologies 1. Cotton Gin • Invented by Eli Whitney • Increased the production of cotton • Increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pickcotton

22. New Technologies 2. McCormick Reaper: • Invented by Robert McCormick and Jo Anderson (a slave) • Cyrus McCormick was an entrepreneur who brought it to market • Increased productivity of the American farmer

23. New Technologies 3. Steamboat • improved (not invented) by Robert Fulton • eventually provided faster river transportation connecting Southern plantations and farms to Northern factories and Western territories

24. New Technologies 4. Steam Locomotive • Once the Transcontinental Railroad was built, the Western territories were connected to the Eastern States • provided a MUCH faster mode of transportation

25. Chapter 12 Section 1 Key Vocabulary to Define • Industrial Revolution • Textiles • Richard Arkwright • Samuel Slater • Technology • Eli Whitney • Interchangeable Parts • Mass Production Textbook Pages 384-389

26. Key Information (pages 384-389)

27. Textbook Pages 454-459 • DEFINE THESE IN YOUR BINDER • Key Terms & People: • Abolition • William Lloyd Garrison • American Anti-Slavery Society • Angelina and Sarah Grimke • Frederick Douglas • Sojourner Truth • Underground Railroad • Harriet Tubman

28. Textbook Pages 454-459

29. Abolitionist Movement USI.8d

30. Abolitionist Movement • #1 Most abolitionists demanded the immediate freeing of the slaves • #2 Abolitionists believed slavery was: • morally wrong • cruel and inhumane • A violation of the principles of democracy (freedom)

31. Abolitionist Leaders • #3 Harriet Tubman • Led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad

32. Underground Railroad

33. Abolitionist Leaders • #4 William Lloyd Garrison • Wrote the Liberator newspaper • Worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans

34. Abolitionist Leaders • #5 Frederick Douglass • Wrote the North Star newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans and women to better their lives

35. Suffrage Movement USI.8d

36. Suffragist Movement • #6 Supporters declared that: All men and women are created equal. 

37. Suffragist Movement • #7 Supporters believed that women were deprived of their basic rights: • Denied the right to vote • Denied equal opportunities in business • Limited in the right to own property

38. Suffragist Leaders • #8 Movement was led by strong women who began their campaign before the Civil War and continued after the war ended.

39. Suffragist Leaders • #9 Isabella (Sojourner) Truth • A former enslaved African American, was nationally known advocate for equality and justice

40. Suffragist Leaders • #10 Susan B. Anthony • was an advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all

41. Suffragist Leaders • #11 Elizabeth Cady Stanton • played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement • wrote the Declaration of Sentiments (a Bill of Rights for Women) • Presented at the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York