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• How did Americans justify Westward Expansion?
American Progress
by
JohnGast
1872
What river formed the eastern
boundary of Louisiana?
Mississippi
What two countries was the
Louisiana Purchase between?
United States & France
What major port city was located at
the southern tip of the Louisiana
Territory?
New Orleans
Where did a slave revolt occur which
ended Napoleon's North American
expansion?
Haiti
In 1805 Lewis and Clark were
joined by ______ who proved an
invaluable ambassador to other
Native American tribes.
What ocean did the Corps of Discovery
(led by Lewis and Clark) travel to?
Pacific Ocean
Sacagawea
Where did The Corps of
Discovery and Zebulon’s Pikes
expedition both start from?
St. Louis, Missouri
What was the purpose of Pike’s
expedition?
To find the origin of the Red River,
which the United States claimed
formed Louisiana's western border
with Spain
What was the purpose of the Lewis
and Clark expedition?
What are three ways in which the
United States benefited from the
Louisiana Purchase?
Find a Northwest Passage to the Pacific
To learn about the people and the land
Nearly doubled the territory
as well as est. trade
New Resources(Land for Farming, livestock)
Control over New Orleans
What is Impressment?
Kidnapping – Forcing people to
serve in the army or navy
What Treaty ended the War of 1812?
Where was the treaty signed?
Treaty of Ghent
Belgium, Dec. 24th 1814
Why were British reinforcement
troops so special in the War of
1812?
Battled tested and very experienced
Where was the war’s biggest
battle fought?
Who did General Jackson have
as his soldiers in that battle?
New Orleans
Anybody he could get
MonroeDoctrine1823
• Mexico’sindependence concernedPresidentMonroe,whothoughtthatarival
Europeanpowermightcomeandoverpowerthenewstate
• Monroe&Adams(John QuincyAdams)wantedtoprotectAmericaninterests
• TheMonroeDoctrinewasanexclusive statement of American policy warning
European powers not to interfere with the Americas
(nofutureEuropeancolonization)
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U.S.wouldn’tinterfereintheaffairsofEuropeannations
U.S.wouldrecognizeandnotinterferewithcoloniesalreadylivingintheN&South
WesternHemisphereoff-limitstofuturecolonizationbyanyforeignpower
U.S.govtwillconsideranyEuropeanspower’sattempttocolonizeorinterferetobehostileacts
• HelpedtheU.S.strengtheneditsrelationshipswithLatinAmerica
Patriotism surged following the War of 1812
• EraofGoodFeelings from1815-1825theU.S.enjoyedanderaofpeace,pride,andprogress.
• Pleasedwithsuccessfulnegotiationswithforeignpowers
• Americans looked with pride on a rapidly growing country. Americans enjoyed a rising sense of
Nationalism
Nationalismisfeelingsofprideandloyaltytoanation
• National unity reflected on the fed. Govt. taking a more active role in building the national
economy
• Henry Clay thought a strong national economy would promote nat. feeling and reduce conflicts
• Congressman Henry Clay from Kentucky – American System series of measures to intended to make the U.S.
economically self-sufficient
National bank providing a single currency
Make interstate trade easier
Have money from a protected tariff be used to improve roads and canals
Growing Nationalism led to improvement in
the nation’s transportation systems
• Congress agreed with Clay & invested in road building (1815-1818)
Cumberland Road (National Rd) – First road built by Fed government
Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling town on the Ohio River
66-foot-wide & 12-18 inches roadbed filled with crushed stone
Americans were also trying to make water transportation easier by building canals
One of the largest and most popular was the Erie Canal (1817 -1825)
Erie Canal ran from Albany to Buffalo, New York
Served as an incentive for canal-building boom across the country
Built by hand using British, German, and Irish immigrants
Transport goods faster to the interior
Missouri Compromise 1820
Disagreementsbetweenthedifferentregionswerestartingtooccur,andthisis
knownassectionalism
-CongressconsidersMissouri’sapplicationtoentertheUnionasaslavestate
AddingMissouriwouldtiptheSenateinfavoroftheSouth
HenryClayconvincedCongresstoagreetotheMissouriCompromisewhichsettled
theconflictthathadarisenfromMissouri’sapplicationforstatehood
Compromisehadthreemainconditions
1) MissourientersUnionasaslavestate,2)MainejoinsUnionasFreeState,
keepingslave&freestateseven,3)Slaveryforbiddeninnewterritory/states
northof36/30latitude– Missouri’ssouthernborder
TheMissouriCompromisequietedtheslaverydebateforawhile