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UNIT 5
WESTWARD EXPANSION
Objective: I will understand the beliefs behind and processes of westward expansion in the U.S.
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE
• U.S. purchased from France (Napoleon) for $15 million
• 1803• Thomas Jefferson
– 3rd president• From the
Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains
• Control of the Mississippi River Napoleon Jefferson
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Lewis and Clark• Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark – journey west per Jefferson
• Corps of Discovery - map territory, search for NW passage, map location of Europeans
• Sacagawea helped with expedition to the Pacific Ocean
• Extensive journals – information about the vast territory
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Westward Movement
• Pioneers/Pioneer Spirit
• Mass exodus – immigrants, families leaving the east for the west
• Donner party – shows the extreme hardships