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    The Louisiana Purchase expanded the size of the United States. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore and map the new territory. Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the expedition traveled nearly 8,000 miles over 27 months, reaching the Pacific Ocean and back. They collected valuable information about the lands, peoples, and natural resources of the Louisiana Territory. Other explorers like Zebulon Pike also mapped parts of the new western lands.

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    The Louisiana Purchase expanded the size of the United States. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore and map the new territory. Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the expedition traveled nearly 8,000 miles over 27 months, reaching the Pacific Ocean and back. They collected valuable information about the lands, peoples, and natural resources of the Louisiana Territory. Other explorers like Zebulon Pike also mapped parts of the new western lands.

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    The Louisiana Purchase expanded the size of the United States. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore and map the new territory. Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the expedition traveled nearly 8,000 miles over 27 months, reaching the Pacific Ocean and back. They collected valuable information about the lands, peoples, and natural resources of the Louisiana Territory. Other explorers like Zebulon Pike also mapped parts of the new western lands.

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    6-4A: The Louisiana Purchase Name: ___________________

    I. (253) Looking Westward - In 1800, the territory of the US extended as far west as the ______________ River.
    The area west of the river, known as the _____________ Territory, belonged to __________. Stretched south to
    the city of _____ _________ and west of the Rocky Mountains. Its northern boundaries remained ___________
    a. ___________, many of them farmers, _____________ over the mountains into KY & TN.
    b. Loaded their household goods into sturdy ________ topped with white canvas. Needed ______ for
    protection and to hunt animals for food – used ______ to cut paths for their wagons through dense forests
    c. Spanish controlled region, but allowed USA to sail on the Lower ______________ & trade in New Orleans
    d. In 1802, Spanish changed their policy – TJ learned that Spain & France had secretly agreed to transfer
    Louisiana to _________ - had also gained ___________ in its secret agreement with Spain
    e. France’s leader, ____________ Bonaparte, had plans to create empires in EU and Americas. Congress
    authorized Robert Livingstone to offer as much as ___ million for _____ _________ & West ___________
    f. Events in _______-___________ ended Napoleon’s dreams. For slaves there, the work & their treatement
    by plantation owners was _______
    g. Inspired by the ideas of the French _______________, both free Blacks and enslaved Africans rose up
    against the island’s plantation owners – led by ___________ _____________, among others, the rebels won
    and declared the colony an independent _____________
    h. By _______, the French were driven out of Saint-Domingue – country took its original name, ________ -
    marked the ______ successful rebellion by an enslaved population in the Western Hemisphere
    i. In order to solve his ________ problem, Napoleon decided to ______ sell Louisiana. Offer took Livingstone &
    JM by surprise – did not have the ___________ to accept such an offer
    j. The deal, however, was too ______ to pass. After a few days of negotiation, agreed on a price of ___ million
    k. TJ worried such as large purchase might not be ______ - decided gov’ts treaty-making powers approved it.
    The purchase of the Louisiana Territory ________ the size of the USA
    6-4B:

    II. (255) Exploring the New Lands


    a. TJ persuaded Congress to sponsor an ______________ to gather info about the new land
    b. Another gaol: finding and mapping the fabled NW __________ - a _______ route across North America\
    c. TJ chose Meriwether _______, his 28-year old private ______________, to head the expedition. William
    ________ was coleader of the expedition
    d. Together, they assembled a ______ of expert sailors, gunsmiths, carpenters, scouts, and a cook
    e. After her French husband was hired as an interpreter, a Shoshone woman named ___________ joined
    f. After ____ months and nearly _______ miles, L&C reached the ______ Ocean. Then they headed back east,
    collected valuable _____________ about people, plants, animals, & the geography of the West
    g. Lieutenant Zebulon ______ led two expeditions west – into presdent-day ____________
    h. Also mapped part of the Rio ________ & traveled across northern Mexico and what is now Southern ______
    i. A group of F’s in MA plotted to __________, or withdraw from the Union – if successful, NE would have
    become the “Northern _____________”
    j. Needed a powerful friend in NY who would support their plan – turned to VP Aaron ______
    k. Alexander ____________ was concerned about rumors – had never trusted Aaron ______ - accused him of
    plotting _______. Meanwhile, he was suffering setbacks in his personal career – challenged him to a _____
    l. AH hated ________, which was illegal but remained popular. Ah pledged not to ______ at his rival but Burr
    took no such pledge – Hamilton shot wide, _______ from his opponent. Hamilton _______ the next day.

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