AMERICAN HISTORY

WHAT WAS THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE?

• Thomas Jefferson bought the land off the French for 15 million dollars
• The French had little purpose of the land so they were eager to sell it
• Offer was too good to pass up
• Even though President Jefferson thought it unconstitutional he still bought the land
• Of course this was a good choice as helped the U.S. Expand its terriortory

LEWIS AND CLARK'S EXPEDITION

• Meriwether Lewis was a great man who was the secretary of the president.
• William Clark was a friend of Lewis from military service.
• The purpose of the expedition was to explore the west and find out more about the Louisiana territory.
• There guide sacagewea helped them through the thick pine forests of the west and helped them greatly.

THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING

• The Second Great Awakening was the religious revival that swept through America.
• At gatherings preachers offered a simple message that ordinary people could grasp.
• They stressed the idea of equality of all believers before God.
• This awakening helped a ton. it gave people a way to better their lives and try harder as a whole.

AUTHORS AND PAINTERS

• Washington Irving wrote a collection of short stories which he titled The Sketch Book.
• He was most famous for his work "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
• George Caleb Bingham a famous painter painted fur traders, riverboat workers, and political speakers.
• He was a great man who followed the move of the American culture.

SONGWRITERS AND ARCHITECTS

• One of the most successful songwriters of the time named Stephen C. Foster.
• He managed to create interesting pieces of music that combined European and African music together.
• American architects based their designs off of the Ancient Greek and roman styled buildings.
• Many of the pillars and buildings and designs are similar and make up a lot of the capital buildings.

AMERICAN LIFE IN THE SOUTH

• The South's plantation culture was incredibly based on cash crops.
• Slave life was hard on the life of the African Americans.
• The African Americans wouldn't be able to survive without food and shelter.
• They grew all kinds of crops including tobacco and sugarcane for the economic needs.

AMERICAN LIFE IN THE NORTH

• Most American life in the north relied on industry for the economic welfare.
• The gap between the poor and the rich widened.
• A middle class of artisans and others like shopkeepers made up the middle class.
• Many of the wealthiest lived in the north.

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