OUR PAST... MOVING FORWARD

LEWIS AND CLARK

• The United States acquired the Louisiana purchase when the French found little need for Louisiana.
• Both parties agreed on a price of $15 million dollars
• Meriwether Lewis was Jeffersons private secretary and William Clark was a friend of Lewis.
• They were both amateur scientists and they assembled a crew of expert gunsmiths, carpenters, scouts, and a cook.

LEWIS AND CLARK

• Their guide was Sacajawea, a young Shoshone woman that they encountered.
• Later, this expedition helped the United States lay claim to..........
• The northern region between the RockyMountains and the Pacific Ocean (Oregon).
• The propose of their expedition was to explore the area west of Mississippi territory

THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING

• The second great awakening was a revolution of...
• Art, music, architecture, and religion
• William Cullen Bryant wrote poetry....
• ...in which he expressed his love for natural beauty

THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING

• "Thanatopis" suggested that by studying nature....
• we would have a better understanding of life and death
• George Caleb Bingham was an artist who painted
• fur traders, river boat workers, and political speakers

THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING

• Stephen C. Foster was a successful American song writer
• He combined African and European music to create.....
• American melodies in the south!
• ("My old Kentucky home" and "Swanee River").

THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING

• Many of the capital buildings were developed from...
• ...ancient of Greek and Roman styles
• A Greek style known as Revival was used for private homes.

SOUTHERNERS

• Southerners often lived on small farms or large plantations.
• Their economy depended on slavery and cash crops.............
• Cotton production was good.

SLAVES

• Most slaves worked on plantations and farms from dawn to dusk.
• Where ever they lived, they formed their own communities.
• Men generally worked in the fields
• women cooked, cleaned, did Laundry, sewed, and cared for the plantations children.

NORTHERNERS

• Northern cities consisted of mills, and industries such as textiles, shoes, and metal works.
• Merchants and business people controlled urban economy, as well has social life.
• This widened the gap between upper and lower class citizens.
• Children also worked in the industries. Middle class workers were artisans, shopkeepers, and professionals.

LIFE IN THIE WEST FRONTIER

• Life in the west frontier was very rigorous.
• The uncertainty of climate, limit of supplies, and failing made it difficult to live a new life there.
• Many of the settlements were far apart and hard to reach.
• A few roads existed, but they were poor making it difficult to transport goods.

LIFE IN THE WEST FRONTIER

• Even though life was hard they managed to have some fun!
• For example weddings, that drew people from surrounding areas to a small ceremony
• followed by eating (bread, butter, fried pork, and wild fruits) then......
• dancing for several days!

LINKS

• http://www.ushistory.org/us/22c.asp
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/