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Northwest Ordinance

WESTWARD MIGRATION SSUSH6 The student will analyze the nature of territorial and population growth and the impact of this growth in the early decades of the new nation.

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Northwest Ordinance

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  1. WESTWARD MIGRATIONSSUSH6 The student will analyze the nature of territorial and population growth and the impact of this growth in the early decades of the new nation. a. Explain the Northwest Ordinance’s importance in the westward migration of Americans, and on slavery, public education, and the addition of new states. b. Describe Jefferson’s diplomacy in obtaining the Louisiana Purchase from France and the territory’s exploration by Lewis and Clark.

  2. Northwest Ordinance • The ordinance was passed under the Articles of Confederation as a means of raising money for the new government • It set up an orderly way of settling the new territory by dividing the area into townships

  3. Northwest Ordinance • The Northwest Ordinance: 1-guaranteed freedom of religion, property, and trial by jury. 2-forbad slavery, beginning the division between northern and southern states 3-set aside land for the support of public education 4-set up rules for how territories could become states

  4. What ordinances were passed to entice settlers to move into the new territory?

  5. Education, Slavery, New States • Education: Schools were seen as a place to instill “American Values.” Many states guaranteed public education in their state constitutions. • Noah Webster: created 1st US Dictionary • Slavery: Not allowed. Many free blacks move to Ohio River. • New States Created out of North West Ordinance: Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin

  6. Louisiana Purchase • In 1800 France gained New Orleans • Jefferson sent an ambassador to France to attempt to gain use of Mississippi River • In 1803, to gain money to fight the British, Napoleon Bonaparte (Ruler of France) offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the U.S. • The U.S. purchased the territory for $15 million, doubling the size of the U.S.

  7. Why was Napoleon willing to sell President Jefferson the land?Why would President Jefferson want the Louisiana Purchase Territory?

  8. Lewis and Clark • In 1804, Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark west to explore the new territory and to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean • The Expedition was officially called: The Corps of Discovery included Sacagawea, an Indian guide, and York, Clark’s slave

  9. Lewis and Clark • The expedition lasted a little over 2 years • What they DID: • They discovered many new plants and animals and made contact with many different Natives. • They kept detailed records of their discoveries and mapped out the territory they explored. • What they Didn’t Do: • discover a water route a to Pacific Ocean

  10. What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

  11. Closing Activity: 1. Go Westward with Lewis and Clark! GO ON THE JOURNEY! 2. Home Work: Lewis and Clark Expedition Journal - Read the directions as a class. -Use your notes, and your own experience with the Corps of Discovery to create your journal entry. BEGIN NOW!

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