Post on 17-Dec-2015
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Notes from Table
Today we will…Explore how the U.S. acquired LouisianaExplore the Lewis and Clark expedition
FEDERALISTS
President John Adams
Vice PresidentCharles Pinckney
DEM-REPUBLICANS
Vice President Aaron Burr
President Thomas Jefferson
LET’S REVIEW THE ELECTION OF 1800…
What is the Electoral College?The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters. Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis.[
Members of the Electoral College were authorized by the original Constitution to vote
for two names for President.
Who won?
Democratic
Republicans
The result of this election was affected by the three-fifths clause – had slaves not been
counted as persons for purposes of Congressional apportionment, Adams would
have won
Where did Jefferson get a lot
of support?
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS WIN THE ELECTION…Each elector who voted for Jefferson also voted for Burr, resulting in a tied electoral
vote. The election was then put into the hands of the outgoing House of Representatives which, after 35 votes in which neither Jefferson nor Burr obtained a
majority, elected Jefferson on the 36th ballot.
Who wins now?
I’m elected the new
President!
I become the Vice President
Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr
To fix the problem in the original presidential election, the 12th Amendment (1804) was added to the United States Constitution, stipulating that electors make a discrete choice between their selections for
president and vice-president.
LOUISANA PURCHASE
French leader Napoleon wanted to establish his empire into North America but eventually needed more money to finance his war in Europe so he approached the U.S. about selling the land to them.
LOUISANA PURCHASE
By purchasing the land for $15 million (about 3 cents/acre), the U.S. doubled the size of its country!
Thomas Jefferson asked Congress for money to finance an expedition to the west to explore all the new land they had purchased from the French. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were chosen to lead about 40 men on the expedition
Movie Notes Part I
8, 1804Missouri River
Pacific
4 dozen18 months –
2 years Great rewards
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Great PlainsRocky Mountains
Continental DividePacific Ocean
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Savages Fierce, cruel to white men
Corps of DiscoveryThe Land Itself
Untapped land with a wealth of possible resources and the ability for Americans to move west
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Atlantic Ocean Mississippi River
The Northwest Passage would link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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personal secretarydrankdepressed
He was an old friend of Lewis
Learned to fight/negotiate with Indians Brave
4 years older than Lewis
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He would encounter new plants and animals on his journey
The journey would be difficult so they needed the best supplies…
Movie Notes Part II
Used to the woods; from all over Unmarried men Stout
A slave of William Clark
Banks tumble into the river
Drifting logs Overhanging trees Fast current Sand
bars
Cornmeal, flour Meat, fish Pork, whiskey
maps plants soil
cannon whiskey Independence Creek
Jefferson wanted to write a novel about the experience
Afraid of the consequences…
Movie Notes Part III
• They were on the Great Plains
• NO Trees
• Prairie on both sides
• Seemed to go on for miles
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Specimens
• First ever recorded documentation of….• Coyotes• Prairie Dogs• Jack Rabbits • Antelope
• Herds of Buffalo
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• Otoe • Arikara• Yankton Sioux• America Now owns land• Give out Peace Medals• Speeches• Show Off
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Movie Notes …• Also known as Lakota• Immense Power• Dominated every tribe
around them• Clark anxious • Made an attempt to
stop expedition (• Threaten to Kill the
entire corps if they continued
• Black Buffalo Intervened
• Stayed with Teton Sioux for 3 nervous days
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