North America

United States

So how did they go from…

TO…

It’s important to note…

The U.S. wasn’t the only country expanding its territory in the 1800s…

Louisiana Purchase 1803

HOW MUCH $$$??? How big is S. Korea compared to the LA Purchase?

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

American Progress by John Gast (circa 1872)

Important Terms(Look these up!)

•Cession•Annexation•Manifest Destiny

Mexican Cession

• Mexican-American War, a.k.a. “North American Invasion in America”– 1846-1848

• Less than 10 days before the war ended, what was discovered in modern-day California?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo– Cession?

Animated Maps

• http://www.theodora.com/maps/new9/usa_expansion_map.gif

• http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/us.gif

• http://static.flickr.com/57/215459708_86ad88019b_o.gif

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Non-Native_American_Nations_Control_over_N_America_1750-2008.gif

Activity• (A) Color and label a map that demonstrates

United States’ westward expansion• (B) On the wiki, create a website that shows

(a) the dates of expansion, (b) a BRIEF explanation of how and why the U.S. acquired the territory, (c) if the ruling governments of the territories approved of the deals, (d) what the effect was on the inhabitants, and (e) the effects it had on the U.S. (think about economic change, population change, were there any important natural resources that the Americans gained?, Did it affect the balance of free and slave states?, etc.)– CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!

Activity

• Do the aforementioned for the following acquisitions:– Louisiana Purchase JSH -- Gadsden Purchase YJ– Texas Annexation DJ -- Alaska Purchase IMA – Oregon Territory Ste -- Hawaii Annexation YSC– Mexican Cession StM -- Adams-Onis Treaty SL – Original 13 Colonies WSC -- US Virgin Islands MB– Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, Philippines AL

Based on what you’ve learned, when is the LAST year this map could be accurate? Why?