NNEC - Key Concepts: New Nation (Lesson)
Key Concepts: New Nation
Before you begin...
Notes are given here as well as in the Readings Document from Boundless that is available to download below.
The Key Concepts lesson is very important as it covers the main areas of the Advanced Placement frameworks and the Georgia Performance Standards. Many of the test questions will relate to items found here. Many of the test questions will relate to items found here.
Boundless: PDF of readings for this module - New Nation Links to an external site.
You can also download these lecture notes. Links to an external site.
Key Concepts:
Download the key concepts questions that are found below and answer these as you read and view the information in the module. The answers are found in the text on this and the following pages, the readings, the online textbook links, and in the presentation. After you have done this, you will use these answers to review for the multiple-choice test for this module.
Key Concepts Questions - New Nation Links to an external site.
Louisiana Purchase
In the early 1800s, President Thomas Jefferson sent James Monroe to France to negotiate the purchase of the important port city of New Orleans. (James Monroe was elected the Governor of Virginia in 1799 and he served as a special envoy to France to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase.)
At the time, the French ruler Napoleon controlled New Orleans and much of the land west of the Mississippi River. In 1803, Napoleon agreed to sell not only New Orleans to the United States but also the entire Louisiana Territory for $15 million. As a result, the United States nearly doubled in geographic area. ($15 million in today’s money would be worth approximately $395,591,150---still a good buy!)
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore Louisiana and the western lands all the way to the Pacific Ocean. On their expedition (2 ½ years), Lewis and Clark charted the trails of the west, mapped rivers and mountain ranges, wrote descriptions, and collected samples of unfamiliar animals and plants, and recorded facts and figures about the various indigenous tribes and their customs. Today at Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia artifacts from the expedition are displayed in the entrance hall just like they were in Jefferson’s day.
Take a closer look: Visit this link to entrance hall of Monticello---artifacts from the Lewis and Clark Expedition are displayed there as they were in Jefferson’s day Links to an external site..
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