Geography of the U.S.

Manifest Destiny It is God’s will that the United States control land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean U.S. is 4th largest country in the world

U.S. Growth- Louisiana Purchase 1803 – Louisiana Purchase for 15 million Thomas Jefferson Napoleon – to pay for French Revolution Doubled size of United States from Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains

Homestead Act 1862 – U.S. government passed a law encouraging American settlers to farm 160 acres of land for 5 years in Oklahoma Territory Opened up settlement in the West

United States Growth Oregon we bought from Great Britain in 1840 Alaska we bought from Russia in 1867 Mexican American War - Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico 1846

Water Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Rivers – Missouri (1), Mississippi (2) , Yukon (3) Rio Grande (4) St Lawrence (5) 5 Great Lakes: Huron, Superior, Erie, Michigan Ontario Gulf – Gulf of Mexico

Mountains Rockies Appalachian – oldest in North America Mount McKinley in Alaska – highest in U.S. Sierra Nevada - Calif Blue Ridge-Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, to Mt. Oglethorpe, Georgia., Maryland Smokey – Tennessee and North Carolina Adirondack – New York Black Hills – South Dakota & Wyoming Allegheny – PA and New York Poconos – PA

Deserts Mojave – Calif and Nevada Sonoran – Calif and Arizona Death Valley- California

Lakes Great Salt Lake - Utah Lake Okeechobee - Florida Crater Lake - Oregon Niagara Falls – U.S. New York and Canada Lake Meade – on the Colorado River (Nevada and Arizona)

Rivers Potomac River – runs through Washington D.C. Susquehanna River goes through Pennsylvania What are Pittsburgh’s 3 rivers? Rio Grande – borders U.S. and Mexico Mississippi River drains into the ????

History - American Revolution 1775 at Lexington and Concord George Washington No Representation in Parliament 13 colonies – What taxes did British put on colonists? Yorktown – 1781 (with French support last battle)

HISTORY - Civil War Why? 1861-1865 Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Spanish American War Spain and U.S. - The Spanish-American War (1898) was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas Cuba Teddy Roosevelt and Rough Riders Spain lost Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam and other islands

Economy -GDP Total number of goods and services produced in a year divided by its population What 4 factors make U.S. a top economy? 1. Abundant natural resources 2. Innovation in transportation 3. Innovation in communication 4. Respect for individual Freedoms

2015 GDP 1 +1 China 34,338 2 -1 United States 32,996 3 +4 India 10,133 Japan 5,087 5 Germany 4,720 6 United Kingdom 4,622 7 Korea 3,532 8 Brazil 3,368 9 -3 France 3,311 10 Canada 2,750 11 +5 Indonesia 2,560 12 Russia 2,431 13 -5 Italy 2,393 14 Mexico 2,390

Alaska – 1867 from Russia Mt. McKinley (Denali) (highest point in the U.S.) Aleutian Islands Yukon River Surrounded by Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea (Pacific Ocean) State in 1959

Hawaii Pacific Ocean Islands (8) – Hawaii (largest), Kauai, Nihau, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe State in 1959 Pearl Harbor Dec ?, ?

First Settlements St. Augustine – Florida and Spanish - 1565 Jamestown – English and in Virginia – 1607