1. WHAT MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES AFFECTED THE UNITED STATES IN THE EARLY 1800S? Do Now: what is foreign policy? What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

2. What were Jefferson’s view?  ________________ of the Constitution.  Which government should have the most power? __________________ Strict interpretation State government What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

3. Why move west?  Why do you think we wanted to move west? What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

4. New Orleans What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

5. Who owned Louisiana and New Orleans?  President Jefferson wanted to buy New Orleans from France.  Napoleon originally said “no!”  President Jefferson sent James Monroe to ask Napoleon again, and this time he sold the entire Louisiana Purchase!  President Jefferson bought Louisiana from France because he wanted the port of New Orleans. What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

7. How did the purchase of the Louisiana Territory contradict Jefferson’s view of government and the Constitution?  Jefferson did not want a strong central government.  Jefferson believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution.  The President used his power to purchase the land.  The Constitution did not discuss purchasing land, so Jefferson had to loosely interpret the Constitution to do so. Jefferson’s Views The Louisiana Purchase What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

8. When President Jefferson purchased Louisiana, he did so in contradiction to his beliefs about the government. Jefferson and Louisiana What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

9. What do you think would have happened in European countries tried to colonize Latin America? The Monroe Doctrine What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

10. You will work in groups to analyze sections of the Monroe Doctrine. Cooperative Learning Activity What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

11. The Monroe Doctrine was a warning to European countries to stay out of the Americas. The Monroe Doctrine What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?

12. Why did the United States want Europe to stay out of America? How did the Louisiana Purchase contradict Jefferson’s ideas regarding the Constitution? Summary What major foreign policy issues affected the United States in the early 1800s?