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JOURNAL
Scaffold Standard 6 on your own paper. Be ready to
scaffold on the board.
SSUSH6: The student will analyze the impact of
territorial expansion and population growth and the
impact of this growth in the early decades of the
new nation.
GROWTH
OF A
NATION
Northwest Ordinance 1787
1. Gave money for
education in NW
2. Freedom of religion in
NW
3. Outlawed Slavery in
NW
4. Outlined process for
adding new states
Northwest Ordinance 1787
Process for becoming a STATE:
1. UNORGANIZED TERRITORY
2. ORGANIZED TERRITORY
• Congress appoints a Governor.
• When population reached 5,000 adult
male landowners  elect territorial
legislature.
3. STATEHOOD
• When population reached 60,000 
people write constitution and ask
CONGRESS to admit them as a state
Northwest Ordinance 1787
•Important because new states
were added fully equal to the
original 13.
•All additional 37 states were
added using this process.
With Group:
• PAIR UP!
• Explain 2 reasons why the Northwest
Ordinance was significant to the new Nation.
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Jefferson was
president
US bought
LA France sell it?
Why did
from Napoleon
France
was gearing up for war with
 $15Great
millionBritain and the territory wasn’t worth
 Doubled the
the money or the trouble.
size of the US
 Jefferson
questioned if he
had the power
to buy it
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Lewis & Clark
were sent by
Jefferson to
explore and
meet with the
natives
(page 212)
Lewis & Clark Expedition
•Their expedition lasted 2 years 4 months.
•Jefferson stated the goal was to find a "direct &
practicable water communication across this
continent, for the purposes of commerce“
•They mapped the Northwest, gathered scientific
info. about unknown plants & animals, and learned
about the Native American tribes in the area.
Sacagawea –
acted as
their guide
WITH GROUP:
• PAIR UP!
• How did the Louisiana Purchase expand the
United States?
DO NOW:
• With NO NOTES, list the 4
things that the Northwest
Ordinance did
ELECTION OF 1808
The War
of 1812
1812-1814
USA v. Britain
WITH GROUP
• WHAT DID WASHINGTON WARN AGAINST IN
HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS???
Causes of the War of 1812
1. British restrictions on Am. trade
1. Because of British war with France, they
were trying to stop Am trade with France
EMBARGO ACT (1807)
• stopped ALL foreign trade
• especially hated by
New England
2. British policy of IMPRESSMENT
Taking American sailors off Am. Ships and
forcing them to serve in the British Navy
Causes of the War of 1812
3. Trouble with Indians in the West
• Indian leader Tecumseh
organized tribes to
defend their land from US
control.
• His brother fought US forces
at the Battle of
Tippecanoe (and lost).
• US blames Britain for
encouraging the Indians
General William Henry Harrison
led the US troops and defeated
the Indians at Tippecanoe.
“old Tippecanoe”
Causes of the War of 1812
4. Drive the British out of
North America
CANADA from Britain??
Could we take ___________
FLORIDA from Spain??
Could we take ___________
War Hawks
• young Congressmen from the West
• felt strongly about standing up for our
rights against Britain
Henry Clay
(KY)
John C. Calhoun
(SC)
Overview
of the War
A. most fighting in
Canada and
Great Lakes area
B. Britain preoccupied
with war in Europe
until 1814
Key Battles
and Events
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Written by
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Baltimore, Maryland
Star-Spangled Banner
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHmdu_I_
0zI
• Jimi Hendrix: Netflix (1:11:47)
Burning of the White House
1814-British attack Washington, D.C.
Burned the Capitol and the White House
The White House after the fire of 1814
Washington portrait
saved by Dolley Madison
The East Room of the
White House
Battle of New Orleans
Jan. 1815
•Great American
victory
•Gen. Andrew
Jackson
becomes a
famous war
hero
“Old Hickory”
•Happened AFTER
the peace treaty
Opposition to the War
A. New England Federalists
B. Hartford Convention-made list of
demands
C. threatened to secede
D. end of the Federalist party
Treaty of Ghent
Dec. 1814 “status quo ante bellum”
Everything went back the way it was before
the war
Results of the War of 1812
 Increase in NATIONALISM
1.pride and patriotism after War of 1812
2.development of American culture
• history, art, literature, spelling
honour—honor
centre—center
3. growth of Am industry and
manufacturing
WITH GROUP:
• What is Nationalism?
• How can Nationalism be seen during and after
the War of 1812? (Bullet point list)
• What is Infrastructure?
American System
(to create diversified, self-sufficient economy)
a. Protective tariffs encourage Am.
manufacturing
b. New transportation systems built
c. A new national bank
Henry Clay
CANALS
Man made waterways (ditches) connecting
rivers and lakes
ERIE CANAL
•linked Atlantic
Ocean to Great
Lakes
•cost of
transporting
good drastically
cut (from $100 a
ton to $10 a ton)
•makes NYC a
major economic
center
Principal Canals in 1840
Rise
New
York
City
Rise
of of
New
York
City
(6d)
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Until 1790, New York City was the
capital of the United States.
In the early 1800s, civic development
turned this colonial town into a great
economic center established on a
grid of city blocks.
By 1835, the population had grown
so large that New York City outpaced
Philadelphia as the largest U.S. city.
Trade grew when the Erie Canal
made the city’s harbors the link
between European merchants & the
great agricultural markets across the
Appalachians from New York City.
The city was home to the biggest
gathering of artisans & crafts workers
in the United States, & its banking &
commercial activities would soon
make it the leading city in all of North
America.
National Road
Begun in 1811, paid for by the National Government
Connected the Northeast and Northwest
LOCOMOTIVES
Railroads
Fast & could go over any terrain
1825: First steam locomotive in US
In 1830, a race was held between
a horse and an iron horse. Tom
Thumb, the first locomotive built
in America, was pitted against a
real horse in a nine-mile course
between Riley’s Tavern and
Baltimore. Tom Thumb suffered
mechanical difficulties including
a leaky boiler. Tom Thumb lost by
more than a nose.
TOM THUMB
defeated by a
horse
The
Railroad
Revolution
1850s

Immigrant labor
built the Northern RRs.

Slave labor
built the Southern RRs.
STEAMBOATS
The Clermont
Robert Fulton
STEAMBOATS
Major advantage: could travel upstream
Carried freight and passengers
WITH GROUP:
• What is the connection between
“infrastructure” and “nationalism”?
Monroe Doctrine
MONROE DOCTRINE
a. Europe cannot create new colonies in W. Hemisphere
b. Europe cannot interfere with existing nations
c. US will not interfere in Europe
No outside (European) Powers are to
interfere with the Western Hemisphere
U.S. will not interfere with existing
colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
Europe cannot create new colonies in
W. Hemisphere or interfere with
existing nations
U.S. will not involve itself in European
affairs