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The student will demonstrate knowledge of the major events during the first half of the nineteenth century by |
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identifying the economic, political, and geographic factors that led to territorial expansion and its impact on the American Indians (First Americans); |
Summarize the following expansion resulting from the Louisiana Purchase and War of 1812:
• Jefferson as president in 1803 purchased the huge Louisiana Territory from France, which doubled the size of the United States overnight. He authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the new territories that lay west of the Mississippi River. Sacajawea, an Indian (First American) woman, served as their guide and translator.
• The American victory over the British in the War of 1812 produced an American claim to the Oregon Territory and increased migration of American settlers into Florida, which was later acquired by treaty from Spain.
• The Monroe Doctrine (1823) stated:
- The American continents should not be considered for future colonization by any European powers.
- Nations in the Western Hemisphere were inherently different from those of Europe — republics by nature rather than monarchies.
- The United States would regard as a threat to her own peace and safety any attempt by European powers to impose their system on any independent state in the Western Hemisphere.
- The United States would not interfere in European affairs.
Below is an annotated list of Internet resources for this organizing topic. Copyright restrictions may exist for the material on some Web sites. Please note and abide by any such restrictions.
The Louisiana Purchase. The Cabildo: The Louisiana State Museum. <http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab4.htm>.This site provides information about the Louisiana Purchase and the negotiations surrounding it.
Jefferson's Big Deal: the Louisiana Purchase. Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson. <http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/lewisandclark/louisiana.html>. This site looks at Jefferson’s rolein and ideas about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.
Key Events & Causes: War of 1812. Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources". <http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.1812.html>. This site offers a chronology of events related to the War of 1812.
The War of 1812. Answers.com. <http://www.answers.com/topic/war-of-1812>. This site gives an overview of the War of 1812.
The Monroe Doctrine. The Avalon Project: Yale Law School. <http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/monroe.htm>. This site gives the text of James Monroe’s speech to Congress.
The Louisiana Purchase. The Avalon Project: The Yale Law School. <http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/AmericanDoc99.pdf>. This site offers The text of the Treaty of San Ildefonso, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, and other documents related to the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.
Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments for the 2001 History and Social Science Standards of Learning: History and Social Science Released Items for Virginia and United States History. Virginia Department of Education 2003/04. <http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Assessment/Release2003/History/VA-RIBs_g11vush-1.pdf>.
Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments for the 2001 History and Social Science Standards of Learning. Virginia and United States History. Test Blueprint. Virginia Department of Education, 2003/04. <http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Assessment/HistoryBlueprints03/2002Blueprint10VUS.pdf>. This site provides assessment information for the course in Virginia and United States History.
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