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TDIH

• August 28 1963 Martin Luther Kings I Have a
  Dream speech
• August 29 1958 Michael Jackson born
• August 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina slams into
  Gulf Coast and New Orleans

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• Connect the importance of the Louisiana Purchase
  and expedition of Lewis _at_ Clark with the concept
  of Manifest Destiny. Explain why and how people
  started settling the west and trace the growth of
  the mining industry along with the technology
  that changed open range ranching.

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Louisiana Purchase

• Manifest Destiny

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• President Thomas Jefferson faced an important
  decision during the summer of 1803. Napoleon
  offered to sell the territory of Louisiana to the
  U.S. for 15 million. The purchase would double
  the area of the U.S.

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Negotiations

• Jefferson originally offered 2 million to buy
  only the region around the mouth of the
  Mississippi River, which included the port city
  of New Orleans. He wanted to protect farmers of
  the Ohio River Valley who depended on access to
  New Orleans.

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• Jefferson sent James Monroe who along with Robert
  Livingston was to negotiate with Napoleon.
  Authorized to spend as much as 10 million for
  New Orleans, shocked when Napoleon offered them
  all for 15 million.

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Manifest Destiny

• Manifest Destiny was the idea that the U.S. was
  meant to spread to the Pacific.
• The Louisiana Purchase gave momentum to this
  idea.
• The Lewis and Clark expedition provided a wealth
  of new information for those eager to go west.
• Native American life would never be the same.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Jefferson enlisted Meriwether Lewis and William
  Clark to explore and map out the territory which
  had just been purchased from Napoleon. This Corps
  of Discovery would forever change the U.S.

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1804- heading west

• The expedition headed west up the Missouri River
  in May 1804. Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman acted
  as a guide. Other Native Americans led the group
  through a path in the Rocky Mountains. The
  explorers eventually traced the Columbia River to
  the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark provided a
  wealth of info about Louisiana and gave U.S. a
  claim to Oregon Territory.

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Consequences

• United States nearly doubled its land mass and
  became one of the worlds largest countries.
  Eventually all or parts of 13 states of the U.S.
  were formed from the Louisiana Territory. The
  territory included vast tracts of fertile soil
  and other natural resources. The Louisiana
  Purchase turned out to be a richer prize than
  anyone had imagined.

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Summary

• The Louisiana Purchase has been called the
  greatest real estate deal in history. For 15
  million, about 4 cents per acre, the U.S. got
  828,000 square miles of land west of the
  Mississippi River. Thirteen states were carved
  from the Louisiana Territory. The Purchase nearly
  doubled the size of the U.S., making it one of
  the largest nations in the world

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Farming the Plains
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What are Plains?

• Characteristics
• How did the US acquire the Plains?
• From who did we acquire the Plains?
• What are some obstacles facing Plains settlers?

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Plight of Native Americans

• American ExpansionismManifest Destiny?
• Results broken treaties, deprivation of hunting
  grounds (Buffalo) (Tatanka) eventually onto
  reservations
• Predict reactions of American Natives towards the
  invading white man?

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Native Reactions

• Attacking wagon trains, stagecoaches, and
  sometimes whole towns and areas that they deemed
  as their own land
• See Ranches and Ranchers and US troops and
  settlers- Defenders
  against Savage Aggression

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The Plains (sod house)
Little House on the Prairie
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Great American Desert or Paradise??

• Railroads
• Homestead Act (up to 160Acres/10) easy land
• new farming methods (dry farming)
• Inventions steel plow, seed drills, mech.
  Reapers and threshing machines

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Agricultural Inventions

• In 1837, on his own, John Deere designed the
  first cast steel plow that greatly assisted the
  Great Plains farmers. The large plows made for
  cutting the tough prairie ground were called
  "grasshopper plows." The plow was made of wrought
  iron and had a steel share that could cut through
  sticky soil without clogging. By 1855, John
  Deere's factory was selling over 10,000 steel
  plows a year.

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Agricultural Inventions

• Technological advances increase crop production
  which results in ?????

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Agricultural Inventions

• Threshing machines, designed for rapidly removing
  the husks from grain, were such an advance that
  soon many farms had them. Unfortunately, farm
  laborers did not have the knowledge of the
  hazards of the machines and did not always adopt
  the necessary vigilance. It should also be
  remembered that, in summer, the laborers were
  served beer, the only safe cool drink available,
  and each man would consume around six pints in a
  day in the hot weather. Some farms and mills even
  had their own brewery! YES

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Agriculture Revolution

• Crop Production
• Food on the Table
• Caloric Intake
• Healthier Parents (Women )
• Healthier Babies
• Decreases IMR
• Population

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Commercial Farming

• Large farms for profit, different from family
  homestead (similar to todays farms) Lets make
  some money!
• Problems supply vs. demand too much wheat on
  the world market causes prices to
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