1. Geography of the U.S.

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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)

10. 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 ????

11. 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)

12. HISTORY - Civil War
Why?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

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

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