Chapter 10

1. Chapter 10 Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

2. Who was Meriwether Lewis? Who was William Clark? Who was Sacagawea? Army Captain appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory & lands west to the Pacific Ocean Co-Leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition Shoshone woman assigned the Lewis & Clark expedition Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

3. Key Question: How did the United States acquire the Louisiana Purchase? In 1800, when Americans talked about the west, where were they referring to? What were some of the effects of settlers moving west across the Appalachian Mountains? Jefferson bought the land from France Area between the Appalachian Mountains & the Mississippi River They settled on Native American lands; Several U.S. territories became states Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

4. Which territories became states by 1800? Which territory became a state in 1803? The Louisiana Territory was a vast region between which two major landforms? Why did farmers & merchants consider New Orleans such an important city? 1800: Kentucky & Tennessee 1803: Ohio Mississippi River & Rocky Mountains They used the Mississippi River to transport their products through the New Orleans port Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

5. Who gained control of the city of New Orleans in 1800? Why did the French Emperor Napoleon of to sell the Louisiana territory to the United States? List 3 reasons. France, through a secret treaty with Spain 1. Napoleon was alarmed by America’s determination to keep the port at New Orleans open 2. He was worried about a revolt similar to the one in Haiti, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture 3. France needed money to fight its war with Britain Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

6. Why was Jefferson troubled about whether or not he could buy the land? Write the definition of Louisiana Purchase. How much did the U.S. pay for the Louisiana Territory? How much bigger did the U.S. become due to the acquisition of this land? He was worried that the Constitution did not specifically say that a president could buy land American purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 $15 million It doubled the size of the U.S. Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

7. Key Question: What were some effects of exploring the Louisiana Territory? What is a corps? What was the Lewis & Clark expedition? What was another name given to the expedition? Explorers brought back important scientific information & made the first good maps of the Louisiana Territory A number of people acting together to for a similar purpose Group that explored the Louisiana Territory & lands west. Also known as the Corps of Discovery. Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

8. Looking at the map on page 347, how can you tell which route the expedition took on its way to the Pacific Ocean? Looking at the map on page 347, why was St. Louis a logical starting point for the expedition? The arrows are pointing toward the Pacific Ocean It was located at the convergence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

9. What were 3 goals Jefferson had for Lewis and Clark on their expedition? 1. Try to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean 2. Establish good relations with Native Americans 3. Describe the landscape, plants, & animals they saw Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

10. Why was a water route across North America important at the time? How did Sacagawea aid the Lewis & Clark expedition? Trade & travel would be easier & faster with a single route 1. She knew geography & communicated w/ Native American groups they encountered 2. Her brother recognized her & traded horses w/ Lewis & Clark so the expedition could cross the Rocky Mountains Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

11. Did Lewis and Clark find an all water route across the continent? What was one very important task they accomplished? Who was Zebulon Pike? No; They produced the first good maps of the Louisiana Territory Leader of a southern expedition in the Louisiana Territory Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

12. How did the Lewis & Clark and Zebulon Pike expeditions affect development of the Louisiana Purchase? They provided detailed maps and information about the land which led to westward expansion Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

13. Did Pike accurately describe everything he saw? If not, what was the effect of his mistake? No, he described the treeless Great Plains as a desert which led many Americans to believe, mistakenly, that the plains region was useless for farming. Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration

14. Read Comparing Perspectives on page 348. What did Jefferson want for Native Americans? Read Comparing Perspectives on page 348. Why were Native Americans resentful of the soldiers? He wanted to stay where they were, but to share the land w/ white settlers & live in accordance w/ the American government. They cut down trees & killed buffalo that the Native Americans felt belonged to them. Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase & Exploration