westward expansion. bell ringer 11/30- take out a sheet of paper. on a sheet of your own paper: if...
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Objective/Agenda Identify reasons for Westward Expansion Agenda: Bell ringer/new unit sheet Notes/Reading pg in book with questions (finish tomorrowTRANSCRIPT
Westward Expansion
Bell Ringer 11/30- TAKE OUT A SHEET OF PAPER. •ON A SHEET OF YOUR OWN PAPER: If you were given the opportunity to double the size of your house for a cheap price, would you take it? •GRAB A BOOK!
Objective/Agenda
•Identify reasons for Westward Expansion•Agenda:•Bell ringer/new unit sheet•Notes/Reading pg 208-209 in book with questions (finish tomorrow
Failed Constitution?
•See me after school today in 236.
Reasons for going west•Needed more land- population was doubling every 25 years!•Industrialization- railroads, steel, etc.
Reasons for going west
•Manifest Destiny•The belief that it was destiny for the United States to control the entire continent
Thomas Jefferson and westward expansion•3rd President of USA (1801-1809)•Plantation owner• Believed people should be
allowed to own land (whites)
Jefferson and the west, cont.
•Louisiana Purchase (1803)•Bought “Louisiana Territory” from France for $15 million•Doubled the size of the USA
Louisiana Purchase
Reading pg. 208-209: Read and create questions
As you read, think about what you do when you read. Do you:Think/ask questions in your head?Underline/highlight/annotate?Look up words you don’t know?Research more info on what you are reading?
Let’s make a list as we go along.
Westward Expansion Begins• Lewis and Clark
• Sent on 2 year trip to reach the Pacific Ocean by river• Were asked to map their route by
Pres. Jefferson for future explorers to follow
• Sacagawea• Native American woman• Guide and interpreter for Lewis and
Clark• Carried her infant son on her back
the entire trip