THE HISTORY OF AMERICA

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• bought from the French
• was worth 15 million dollars
• double the size of U.S.

Lewis and Clark

• were sent to go explore Louisiana
• found a guide named Sacagawea
• helped US claim northern region
• between Rocky Mountains and Pacific Ocean

SACAGAWEA

• was Lewis and Clark's guide
• came from a Native American tribe
• was a part of the Shoshone tribe

2ND GREAT AWAKENING

• was a religious movement
• began in 1790
• trying to stop slavery

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

• lived in New York
• wrote novel The Last of the Mohicans
• also wrote The Deerslayer

GEORGE CALEB BINGMANHN

• painted fur traders
• painted riverboat workers
• also painted political speakers

STEPHEN C. FOSTER

• born in Pennsylvania
• was a musician
• combined African and American music

ARCHITECTURE

• developed own forms of buildings
• classical styles based on Greece and Rome
• Thomas Jefferson used when planning first home

SOUTH'S PLANTATION CULTURE

• lived on small farms
• or large plantations separated from each other
• depended on slavery and crops

LIFE AS SLAVE

• labored from dawn to dusk
• were closely supervised
• women cooked, cleaned, etc
• men worked fields

LIFE IN NORTHERN CITIES

• mills and factories grew
• merchants and business men were rich
• artisans and shopkeepers were middle
• working class was bottom class

LIFE IN THE WEST

• very rigorous
• pioneers conflicted with the weather
• conflicted with limited supplies
• settlements were far apart