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Changing Maps Name Changing Maps When a place changes, then maps change too. The map of the United States is a good example. As the United States grew, mapmakers had to keep changing maps of the country to show the new state borders. The maps on these pages show the United States at two different times in the past. The United States in 1821 NEW HAMPSHIRE MAINE VERMONT Mi ss NEW YORK i ss ip R pi iver PENNSYLVANIA INDIANA OHIO ILLINOIS VIRGINIA MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY DELAWARE MARYLAND KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE ALABAMA GEORGIA Key U.S. state U.S. territory Mexican territory Claimed by U.S., Great Britain, and Russia LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI Present-day state border River Use the maps to answer these questions. 1. How many states were there in 1821? In 1861? 2. Find the Mississippi River. In 1821 were most of the states east or west of this river? 30 Scholastic Success With Maps Workbook: Grade 5 © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Changing Maps Name The United States in 1861 NEW HAMPSHIRE MINNESOTA Mi OREGON MICHIGAN ss WISCONSIN i ss MAINE VERMONT MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK ip R pi RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY DELAWARE iver IOWA PENNSYLVANIA INDIANA OHIO ILLINOIS KANSAS VIRGINIA MISSOURI CALIFORNIA MARYLAND KENTUCKY TENNESSEE ARKANSAS NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA ALABAMA GEORGIA TEXAS FLORIDA Key State U.S. territory Present-day state border River MEXICO LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI MAP READER’S TIP West Virginia broke away from Virginia in 1861 and formed its own government, but it did not officially become a state until 1863. How many states were west of the Mississippi in 1861? 3. What country owned most of the land in the west in 1821? 4. What country lost the most land to the U.S. between 1821 and 1861? 5. Was California a state in 1821? Was it a state in 1861? 6. Name three states that joined the nation between 1821 and 1861. 7. What color on the map key represents your state in 1821? What color represents your state in 1861? 8. How would you expect the map of the United States to change by the end of the 1800s? Scholastic Success With Maps Workbook: Grade 5 © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources 31
