Manifest Destiny and Louisiana Purchase

• Objective - I can analyze the social, political, and economic effects of the Louisiana Purchase in order to describe how Manifest Destiny influenced territorial expansion and the Louisiana Purchase.

Aim – What motivated President Jefferson to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase? What was President Jefferson’s vision for the American economy?

1. Watch 5 minute video

   Manifest Destiny: How America Justified Westward Expansion?

• What was Manifest Destiny?

• Take notes -Quick Viewing Guide/Graphic organizer

Poll

How helpful was the Manifest Destiny video to explaining Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion?

• Very Helpful, great explanation

• a little helpful, but too fast

• Not helpful, I still don't know

• I got a little from the captions

Poll

Could you make a poem or rap song on a topic we learned in class?

• Yes, I am a skilled lyricist

• No, I have trouble keeping my thoughts straight

• Maybe if I tried I could do it

• I could do but with help from a partner

Manifest Destiny

• During the 19th century, many
White Americans believed God
destined them to expand across
the continent. This belief became
known as "Manifest Destiny."

•
President Polk believed it was our
manifest destiny, or “obvious fate” to
settle land all the way to the Pacific
Ocean in order to spread
democracy.

A belief shared by many Americans in the
mid 1800s that the United States should
expand across the continent to the Pacific
Ocean.

Objective - I can analyze the social, political, and economic effects of the Louisiana Purchase in order to describe how
Manifest Destiny influenced territorial expansion and the Louisiana Purchase.

Multiple Choice

Which President believed it was our manifest destiny, or “obvious fate” to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Polk

• Barak Obama

• Abe Lincoln

Multiple Choice

A belief shared by many Americans in the mid 1800s that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.

• White Power

• Manifest Destiny

• Equality and freedom for all

• Scared money don't make money

Manifest Destiny

This movement westward came at
the expense of Indigenous
Americans and Spanish settlers who
were forcibly displaced from their
lands.

The central female figure in the
image is Columbia, a personification
of the United States. She is carrying
a school book in one hand and
holding a telegraph wire in the other
hand as she moves westward
across the landscape.

Objective - I can analyze the social, political, and economic effects of the Louisiana Purchase in order to describe how
Manifest Destiny influenced territorial expansion and the Louisiana Purchase.

At this time, many White Americans were moving to
the American West.

Match

Match the following

What does each idea in the painting symbolize?

• Columbia is carrying a school book

• Columbia is carrying a telegraph wire

• leaving the photo the covered wagon and a stagecoach.

  Entering the photo Trains (rail lines)

• Buffalo going to the left and farming entering from the right

White Americans are spreading belief systems, religion, democracy, and Education

technology is helping change and improve communication

transportation helps lead the way of social progress.

White settlers moving West and displacing Indigenous peoples and affecting changing the economy

• White Americans are spreading belief systems, religion, democracy, and Education

• technology is helping change and improve communication

• transportation helps lead the way of social progress.

• White settlers moving West and displacing Indigenous peoples and affecting changing the economy

Multiple Choice

Context Clues:

What does Indigenous mean?

• earliest known inhabitants of an area

• The last people to settle in a region

• A group of people who share a common ancestry

• A population that has been in a region for a long time

Multiple Choice

Context Clues:

What does a personification mean?

(a personification of the United States)

• Pretend to be someone else

• giving human qualities to animal, object, or idea

• Large population moving to a new region.

Louisiana Purchase: 1803

Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana
Territory from France for $15 million.

Jefferson wanted to make sure the U.S. had
control of the Port of New Orleans and the
Mississippi River.

The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of
the United States by 828,000 square miles.

The U.S. stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to
the Rocky Mountains.

Objective - I can analyze the social, political, and economic effects of the Louisiana Purchase in order to describe how
Manifest Destiny influenced territorial expansion and the Louisiana Purchase.

In addition to sponsoring the western
expedition of Lewis and Clark of 1805-07,
Jefferson also set his sights on Spanish
Florida, a process that was finally concluded
in 1819 under President James Monroe.

Poll

True or False:

France needed money to fund a war with Britain so Napoleon sold Louisiana to Thomas Jefferson for $15 million dollars.

• FALSE

• TRUE

• I DON'T KNOW WHY

Multiple Select

Context clues:

What does the word acquisition mean?

Why would the acquisition of New Orleans be significant to the United States?

• things purchased, things learned, or things you have taken possession of.

• visiting for vacation 

• comparing crops  

• acquiring possession of something

Multiple Choice

Why would the acquisition of New Orleans be significant to the United States?

• New Orleans was owned by France before the Louisiana Purchase 

• New Orleans connected the United States to Spanish Mexico 

• The United States needed the Port of New Orleans to transport produce  

•  France would no longer be an American enemy

Florida: 1819

•The U.S. wanted to take Florida from Spain
because of attacks by Seminole Indians and
runaway slaves in Georgia.

•
In 1819, President Monroe sent General Andrew
Jackson to Florida to help protect the U.S.
border.

•
Jackson invaded Florida and overthrew the
governor of Florida. He had no direct orders from
President Monroe.

•
Spain gave Florida to the U.S. in exchange for
$5 million and control of Texas.

Objective - I can analyze the social, political, and economic effects of the Louisiana Purchase in order to describe how
Manifest Destiny influenced territorial expansion and the Louisiana Purchase.

Multiple Select

• Spain gave Florida to the U.S. in exchange for ______ and ______

(Choose two)

• $5 million

• A fleet of ships

• control of Texas.

• A treaty of friendship

Multiple Choice

The Louisiana Purchase led to a turning point in history because

• The Louisiana Purchase allowed the United States to defeat France in a war 

• The Louisiana Purchase tripled the American population 

• The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and accelerated its westward expansion 

• The Louisiana Purchase led to an alliance between France and the United States

Multiple Choice

Because of attacks by Seminole Indians and runaway slaves in Georgia the United States wanted to:

• invade reservations and send slaves back to Africa

• to take Florida from Spain

• To build a wall along the border of Georgia

• To establish a military base in the region

Poll

Which video was most helpful to you to learn about Manifest Destiny?

• #2 Manifest Destiny - An Original Rap Song

• #3 The last one "Manifest Destiny" Educational Rap by MC LaLa

• #1 Ed Puzzle Manifest Destiny

• All of them helped