Students-I am out today.

Today the students will watch the video below, which is about 20 minutes long.

Afterwards, they will write these terms into their history folders.

Warhawk- a person who favors starting an armed conflict instead of avoiding one through diplomatic means.
Patriotism-strong feelings of pride in one’s country
Blockade-an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Nationalism-identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Treaty of Ghent-Treaty enacted on December 24, 1814 that ended the war of 1812 between the United States and Britain

I want you to answer these questions in as much detail as you can. You can use your notes from class to help answer these, but do not copy word for word from your history folder.
This is for a grade:
1. How did the Louisiana Purchase affect Native Americans?
2. How did the Louisiana Purchase affect Westward Expansion in the US.
3. Why was control of the Port of New Orleans so important to America?
4. How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the development of agriculture and trade in America?
5. If you were President of the US, how would you balance westward expansion for more Americans to settle the West, with the rights and needs of Native Americans?

Write these terms in your history folder for us to use this week:
Terms:
Louisiana Territory – The vast region acquired by the United States from France in 1803, encompassing land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, doubling the size of the nation.
Napoleon Bonaparte – The French leader who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States to finance his military campaigns in Europe.
Thomas Jefferson – The U.S. president who authorized the Louisiana Purchase, seeing it as a way to secure land for westward expansion and ensure control of the Mississippi River.
Mississippi River – A critical waterway included in the Louisiana Purchase, providing a major transportation and trade route for settlers and goods.
Port of New Orleans – A key port included in the Louisiana Purchase, essential for controlling trade and exports along the Mississippi River.
Robert Livingston and James Monroe – U.S. diplomats sent to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans and West Florida from France, but who ultimately secured the entire Louisiana Territory.
15 Million Dollars – The total cost of the Louisiana Purchase, a relatively small sum for the vast land acquired.
Exploration – The Louisiana Purchase paved the way for explorations such as the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which mapped the new territory and assessed its resources.
Manifest Destiny – The belief that the United States was destined to expand across North America, which was bolstered by the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory.
Treaty of Cession – The formal agreement signed in 1803 between the United States and France, finalizing the Louisiana Purchase.