1. Westward Expansion
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2. The United States adds five territories
Name the territories that were added.
Louisiana Territory
Florida
Texas
Oregon
Southwest Territories (California)

3. Between 1801 and 1861, exploration was encouraged
We want more Land!
Between 1801 and 1861,
exploration was encouraged
as America underwent vast
territorial expansion and settlement.

4. New territories added to the US after 1801
Lewis and Clark Trail
Jefferson bought land from France (the Louisiana Purchase), which doubled the size of the United States.
In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
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5. Florida Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty.
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6. 1836: Texas declares itself an independent republic.
Texas was added after it became an independent republic.
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7. Oregon
The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain.
Columbia River
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8. California
What European country explored the southwest?
War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.
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9. Test Your Knowledge

10. Which territory was added to the United States after it became an independent republic?
A. Texas
B. Louisiana
C. Florida
D. Oregon
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11. The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and –
A. Mexico
B. Spain
C. Great Britain
D. Russia
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12. Identify the territory shaded on the map.
A. Florida
B. California
C. Oregon
D. Louisiana
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13. What factors influenced westward migration?
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14. Geographic and economic factors that influenced westward movement
Population growth in the eastern states
Availability of cheap, fertile land
Economic opportunity, e.g., gold (California Gold Rush), logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves)
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15. Geographic and economic factors that influenced westward movement
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe trail
Cheaper and faster transportation, e.g., rivers and canals (Erie Canal), steamboats
Knowledge of overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe)
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16. Geographic and economic factors that influenced westward movement
Belief in the right of “Manifest Destiny”—The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country
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17. Test Your Knowledge

18. Which completes the diagram?
A. Increase in Southern Plantations
B. Canal Building in New England
C. Migration and Expansion Westward
D. Population Growth in Eastern States
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19. All were factors that led to westward movement of Americans EXCEPT –
A. population growth in eastern states
B. cheap fertile land
C. economic opportunities
D. overland trade routes leading to
Mexico
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20. How did the inventions affect the lives of Americans?
Prior to the Civil War,
most industrialization in America
was in the North;
however, the
equipment produced in the North
had an impact on
the farming society in the South.
How did the inventions affect the lives of Americans?
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21. invented by Eli Whitney
New technologies
The cotton gin
invented by Eli Whitney
It increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton.
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22. The reaper
Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent the reaper.
The reaper increased the productivity of the American farmer.
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23. The steamboat was improved by
Robert Fulton
It eventually provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories
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24. The steam locomotive provided faster land transportation.
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25. Test Your Knowledge

26. The reaper - A. was invented by Eli Whitney
B. increased the productivity of the
American farmer
C. provided improved land transportation
D. provided faster river transportation
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27. The invention that increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor was the –
A. reaper
B. cotton gin
C. steam locomotive
D. canal
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28. Social Movements What group believed that slavery was morally wrong?
What group believed that women and men were created equal?

29. Abolitionist movement The abolitionists worked to end slavery.
Freedom
Most abolitionists demanded immediate freeing of the slaves.
Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong.
Morally wrong
Cruel and inhumane
A violation of the principles of democracy
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30. Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman a former slave used many techniques to rescue over 300 slaves:
using the master's horse and buggy
heading south if she encountered possible slave
hunters
Tubman even carried a gun which she used to
threaten the fugitives if they became too tired or
decided to turn back, telling them, "You'll be free
or die."

31. William Lloyd Garrison
Published the anti-slavery
newspaper, the Liberator

32. Frederick Douglass
A great orator and writer, a leading figure in the abolitionist movement,
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland
and eventually escaped.

33. Suffrage movement The suffrage movement helped women gain equal rights.
Supporters declared that “All men and women are created equal.”
Supporters believed that women were deprived of basic rights.
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34. Suffrage movement Denied the right to vote
Denied educational opportunities, especially higher education
Denied equal opportunities in business
Limited in rights to own property
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35. Suffrage movement
The movement was led by strong women who began their campaign before the Civil War and continued after the war had ended.
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36. Sojourner Truth
Former slave delivers her "Ain't I a Woman?” speech before a spellbound
audience at a women's rights convention inAkron, Ohio.
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37. One of her famous quotes was:
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was raised in New York as a Quaker and was a strong advocate of equal right for women.
One of her famous quotes was:
“Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less.”
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38. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make safe and stable government.”
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39. Test Your Knowledge

40. Abolitionists believed all EXCEPT –
A. slavery was morally wrong
B. slavery was cruel and inhumane
slavery was a violation of the
principles of democracy
D. slavery was an economic necessity for the South
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41. These Americans were – A. Southern spies B. weak women C. Federalists
D. suffragists
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42. American history Begins…
The next story in
American history Begins…
Cultural, economical, and constitutional issues create bitter divisions between the North and the South. What will happen next?
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