louisiana purchase
what is it and why is it important?
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of land rights to the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France by the United States in 1803. The deal granted the United States the sole authority to obtain the land from its indigenous inhabitants, either by contract or by conquest
what happened during the westward expansion?
People moved west for jobs, gold, land, and opportunity. However the territorial movement displaced most Native Americans who lived on the lands thousands of years before the arrival of settlers.
What is the idea of manifest destiny?
That it was the ordained right of the United States to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean and beyond.
What happened in the gold rush?
A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.
Expedition
who made the purchase? From who?
The united states from France
what was the point of the expansion?
Better opportunity for people and their families.
Gold, land, jobs, and opportunity.
How was manifest destiny a good thing?
With Manifest Destiny, most Americans got some chances to move, explore, and discover new places other than their usual community, and this was very beneficial in so many ways. The exploration is great for personal gain, socially, spiritually, and emotionally and economic improvement.
Why was the gold rush important?
People were able to move west to gain money for their families.
The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it
Exploration
Why did France sell Louisiana?
Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War. The British had re-entered the war and France was losing the Haitian Revolution and could not defend Louisiana.
Horseback and Wagons
How was manifest destiny a bad thing?
We forced Native Americans off of the land they had lived in for thousands of years.
Harsh journeys
Who first discovered gold?
Gold! On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California.
The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
Expansion
FREE SPACE
FREE SPACE
What problems did the movement westward bring?
The movement westward brought many problems including the great suffering as the Natives lost their land. The Natives were forced out of their home to Oklahoma. The movement also leads to an end to slavery. African Americans were free and became citizens.
What trials did settlers face while moving west?
Death, disease, mountain ranges...
A person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area, especially one inhabited by people of a different ethnic or religious group, or one regarded as sparsely populated.
Settler
What was the name of the President who bought the Louisiana Purchase Territory?
Thomas Jefferson
How did the westward expansion affect America?
What did people who believed in Manifest Destiny and moving west want? Freedom of....
Religion
To not be prosecuted and to share Christianity westward.
How did the Gold Rush affect slavery?
In 1848 when the gold rush hit, white southerners flocked to the state with hundreds of enslaved African Americans, forcing them to toil in gold mines, often hiring them out to cook, serve, or perform a variety of labor.
A person who is among the first to explore or settle a country or area, especially one of the first Europeans to colonize the western US.
Pioneer