1. Section 2-Polling Question
How appealing is the idea of packing up all of your belongings and moving to a new area?
A. Very appealing
B. Somewhat appealing
C. Somewhat unappealing
D. Very unappealing A B C D

2. Chapter 9 The Jefferson Era (1800-1816)
Section 2 The Louisiana Purchase

3. Essential Question
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the nation’s economy and politics?
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the nation’s economy and politics

4. Moving West Settlers started moving west into Kentucky and Tennessee
Some to the little settled Northwest Territory
They loaded their household goods into Conestoga wagons
They traveled with their two most valued possessions
Rifles and axes

5. The US in 1800 Extended only as far west as Mississippi
West of the river was the Louisiana Territory
This area belonged to Spain
Settlers along the Mississippi river used the river to take their goods to New Orleans and then the East Coast
The Spanish allowed the Americans to use the lower Mississippi and trade in New Orleans
This allowed the western farmers to survive economically

6. The French Threat
1802- The Spanish said the US could no longer use New Orleans
Jefferson confirmed that Spain secretly gave Louisiana to France
This would hurt the US greatly economically
France’s leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, had plans to create empires in Europe and the Americas
Jefferson told Robert Livingston, the new minister to France, to offer as much as $10 million for New Orleans and West Florida

7. Section 2
Why did French control of the Louisiana Territory worry Jefferson?
A. He worried Napoleon would try to start a war with the United States.
B. He feared France’s alliance with Native American tribes
C. He worried that the farmers along the Mississippi would not be able to send their goods to New Orleans for trade with East Coast markets.
D. He had a secret deal with the Spanish to expand the United States’ border west of the Mississippi. A B C D

8. Revolt in Santo Domingo
Napoleon saw Santo Domingo as an important Caribbean naval base from which he could control an American empire
But, the ideas of the French Revolution inspired enslaved Africans to revolt against the island’s plantation owners
Toussaint-Louverture led the rebels
The rebels won and declared the colony an independent republic
1802- Napoleon sent troops to regain control, but were not successful
The country is now called Haiti

9. The Nation Expands
Without Santo Domingo, Napoleon had little use for Louisiana
Napoleon did need money to finance his war with Britain
The French were ready to sell Louisiana
French foreign minister Charles de Talleyrand and American diplomats made a deal to sell Louisiana
For $15 million

10. Section 2
Which factor prompted Napoleon’s decision to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
A. The movement of American settlers west
B. France’s plans to go to war against Russia
C. The loss of the naval base at Santo Domingo
D. Spain’s refusal to allow American goods to move into or past New Orleans A B C D

11. The Louisiana Purchase
Provided cheap and abundant land for farmers
Gave US control of the Mississippi River
Jefferson worried if the purchase was legal
The Constitution said nothing about acquiring new territory
By what authority could Jefferson justify the purchase?

12. More of the Louisiana Purchase
Livingston wrote from Paris and told Jefferson to accept the deal before Napoleon changed his mind
Jefferson decided that the government’s treaty making powers allowed the purchase
October 1803, the Senate approve the purchase
The US doubled in size

13. The Louisiana Territory
Little was known about the Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson persuaded Congress to sponsor an expedition
Jefferson wanted to know what animals and plants were there
Also where forts could be set up
The expedition was to look for the Northwest Passage

14. Leaders of the Expedition
Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis, a 28 year old soldier
The co-leader was William Clark, a 32 year old friend of Lewis
Both were amateur scientists and conducted business with Native Americans
Together they assembled a crew of expert river men, gunsmiths, carpenters, scouts, and a cook
Two men of mixed Native American and French heritage served as interpreters
Clark brought his African American servant named York

15. The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Actually called the Corps of Discovery
Set out from St. Louis in spring of 1804
Lewis and Clark kept journals and notes of what they saw
The group encountered many Native American groups
One young Shoshone woman named Sacagawea joined the group as a guide

16. Lewis and Clark
After 18 months and almost 4,000 miles, Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean
The expedition returned in September 1806
Lewis and Clark gathered valuable information about the West
Their journey inspired people to move westward

17. Pike’s Expedition
Jefferson sent others to explore the Louisiana area as well
Lieutenant Zebulon Pike led two expeditions between 1805 and 1807
Explored present day Colorado
Found what he called Grand Peak… Today it is called-
Pike’s Peak
Americans learned about the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
Pike also mapped part of the Rio Grande and traveled into what is now Texas

18. Federalists Plan to Secede
Federalist feared the new states formed from the Louisiana Purchase would be Republican
The Federalists would lose power
A group of Federalists in Massachusetts plotted to secede from the Union
New England would be the “Northern Confederacy”
The plotters needed New York to join and they turned to Aaron Burr
The Federalists gave Burr their support when he ran for governor of New York in 1804

19. Burr and Hamilton Hamilton never trusted Burr
Hamilton was now concerned about rumors of secession
Hamilton accused Burr of plotting treason
Burr blamed Hamilton for losing the election
Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel

20. Burr and Hamilton’s Duel
July 1804
Both were armed with pistols
Hamilton pledged not to shoot at his rival
Burr aimed to kill Hamilton
Shots fire
Hamilton is shot and died the next day
Burr fled to avoid arrest

21. It secured the Mississippi trade route
Essential Question
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the nation’s economy and politics?
It secured the Mississippi trade route
Provided cheap, abundant land for farming
Raised fears of increased support for the Republicans which, in turn, caused some federalists to call for secession

22. Chapter 9 Section 2 Quiz

23. Before it was transferred in 1802, the Louisiana Territory belonged to
Spain.
the United States.
France.

24. After it was secretly transferred, the Louisiana Territory belonged to
Spain.
the United States.
France.

25. The size of the United States was doubled with
the adoption of New Orleans.
Zebulon Pike's expedition.
the expedition of Lewis and Clark.
the Louisiana Purchase.

26. The Grand Peak was named by the explorer
Meriwether Lewis.
Sacagawea.
Zebulon Pike.
William Clark.

27. What politician died as a result of a duel?
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Aaron Burr

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