Think about it…

What do you see? What different groups of people do you see? Where do you think they are going?

After watching the video:

What different groups of people have lived in the west?

Why did American want to expand out west?

What problems might they face?

Today’s Question:

What is in the west?

Manifest Destiny: the belief that the United States had the right to expand its borders from sea to shining sea

New Orleans, 1800

In the early 1800s, France controlled the Mississippi River, and Spain controlled the port of New

Orleans.

The United States used the Mississippi River to transport goods and people to New Orleans.

In 1802, France bought the territory from Spain and closed the port of New Orleans to the United States.

New Orleans, 1802

The Louisiana Purchase

The Price was three cents per acre.

The Louisiana Purchase was

530,000,000 acres.

An acre is a little smaller than a football field

Article:

Read article quietly to yourself, then we will read it aloud

“Those who come after us will fill up the canvass we begin”

--Thomas Jefferson

With your group:

1. Look at your picture: what do you see? What are the people in the picture doing?

2. Write down three words to describe the picture