Social Studies Westward Expansion 1783 1912 Vocabulary Louisiana

Social Studies Westward Expansion 1783 -1912

Vocabulary • Louisiana Purchase • Manifest Destiny • Expedition

Historic Art American Progress (1879) By: John Gast What groups of people do you see bring represented in the painting? What is happening to them? What modern technologies are depicted here? What does the lady likely represent?

Famous Quotes John Louis O'Sullivan (November 15, 1813 – March 24, 1895) was an American columnist and editor who used the term "manifest destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States. O'Sullivan was an influential political Columnist. (Wikipedia) How is the idea of manifest destiny represented in John Gasts painting on the previous slide?

Famous Quotes Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, wrote this letter in 1871 to R. L. Sanderson, a young correspondent who had requested career advice. Greeley, a great supporter of westward expansion, shared the national conviction that it was the manifest destiny of America to conquer and civilize the land between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Why would Horace Greeley suggest this young man go west? Why would that benefit his career?

If you were there…

Economic Force • New homes and nearly free land (for those willing to endure) • Abundant natural resources-forest, wildlife for hunting, gold and silver, land for growing and harvesting crops • New technologies invented to maximize travel and resource production or harvesting (spurns or helps to create the Industrial Revolution) • Adventure becomes big business and Americans pay to travel, experience, and read about the “Wild West”

Important Geography/Maps

Key Events Timeline • 1783 -Treaty of Paris sets up the first U. S. borders ending at Canada and the Mississippi River • 1803 -Thomas Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase from France $15 million • 1804 -Lewis and Clark Expedition explores Louisiana Purchase lands • 1812 -War of 1812 (2 nd war with Britain) unifies and emboldens Americans to push further west • 1819 -Florida is added as a state • 1830 -Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears

Key Events Timeline • • • 1843 -Oregon Trail opens the west to settlers • • 1867 -Alaska purchased from Russia for $7. 2 million 1845 -Texas Annexation (Remember the Alamo!) 1848 -Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill 1849 -90, 000 gold seekers rush to California gold fields 1860 -Homestead Act (offers free land to settlers who work it-160 acres each) 1869 -Transcontinental Railroad joins east and west coast 1872 -American Progress Painting (Spirit of the Frontier) 1912 -Arizona is the last of the 48 contiguous states added to the U. S.

Important People • Thomas Jefferson • Lewis and Clark • Sacagawea • Pioneers and homesteaders • 49 ers-

Causes • Establishing U. S. borders • New land purchases and annexations • People seeking better opportunities and adventure • A growing sense of manifest destiny

Effects • Creating and shaping the U. S. as we know it today • Displacement (pushing out) of Native Americans and destruction of natural species populations (buffalo) • Increase in populations of the west • Development of new technologies and infrastructure (railways, canals, roads, and communication) to access the west and its resources

Links and Resources • http: //www. american-historama. org/1841 -1850 -westwardexpansion/westward-expansion. htm