SSUSH6 The student will analyze the nature of territorial and population growth and the impact of this growth in

the early decades of the new nation. a. Explain the Northwest Ordinance’s importance in the westward migration of Americans, and on slavery, public education, and the addition of new states.

b. Describe Jefferson’s diplomacy in obtaining the Louisiana Purchase from France and the territory’s exploration by Lewis and Clark.

a. Explain the Northwest Ordinance’s importance in the westward migration of Americans, and on slavery, public education, and the addition of new states.

Northwest Ordinance • The ordinance was passed

under the Articles of Confederation as a means of raising money for the new government.

• It set up an orderly way of settling the new territory by dividing the area into townships.

Northwest Ordinance• The Ordinance:

- guaranteed freedom of religion, property, and trial by jury.

- forbad slavery, beginning the division between northern and southern states

- set aside land for the support of public education

- set up rules for how territories could become states

What ordinances were passed to entice settlers to move into the new territory?

b. Describe Jefferson’s diplomacy in obtaining the Louisiana Purchase from France and the territory’s exploration by Lewis and Clark.

Louisiana Purchase• In 1800 France gained New Orleans.• Jefferson sent an ambassador to France to attempt to

negotiate rights to use the Mississippi.• In 1803, to gain money to fight the British,

Napoleon offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the U.S. • The U.S. immediately accepted and purchased the

territory for $15 million, doubling the size of the U.S.

Lewis and Clark• In 1804, Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William

Clark west to explore the new territory and to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.

• The Corps of Discovery included Sacagawea, an Indian guide, and York, Clark’s slave.

Lewis and Clark• The expedition was gone for just over 3 years. • They discovered many new plants and animals and made

contact with many different Natives. They kept detailed records of their discoveries and mapped out the territory they explored.

• They did not discover a water route a to Pacific.

Questions1. In what ways did the Northwest Ordinance try and lure

Americans westward?

2. Why was the Northwest Ordinance set up?

3. Why was France willing to sell the US the Louisiana Territory?

4. What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?