THE EARLY AMERICAS

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• The United States bought the Louisiana purchase.
• The Louisiana purchase was bought by Thomas Jefferson.
• The United States bought the Louisiana purchase for 15 million dollars.
• The Louisiana purchase was double the size of the United States.

LEWIS AND CLARK

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark went on an expedition to look at the Louisiana purchase.
• Their guide was Sacajawea, she was a Shoshone woman who joined to help guide them.
• They came back with valuable information on people, plants, animals, and geography.
• This was probably the most important expedition.

THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING

• The second Great awakening was the rise of religion in the 1800's .
• Cullan Bryant of Massachusetts, wrote poetry.
• One of the most successful American songwriters was Stephan C. Foster.
• George Bingham, painted fur traders, riverboat workers, and political speakers.

PLANTATION CULTURE

• Southern plantation culture involved northerners living close together.
• Southerners mostly living in non small farms or large plantations.
• Planters or large landowners, became the souths economic and social leaders.

SLAVERY LIFE

• Most enslaved people in the south worked on farms and plantations.
• They labored together from dawn to dusk and were closely supervised.
• Enslaved men usually worked in the fields.
• Enslaved woman usually cooked, cleaned, did laundry, and sewed.

LIFE IN THE NORTHERN CITIES

• Life in northern cities included the huge rise In industries.
• This lead to the gap between richer and poorer people.

LIFE IN THE WEST

• Life in the west would include living on the frontier was rigorous.
• Pioneers had to deal with uncertain climate, limited supplies, and failing crops.
• Dispute hardships, they still enjoyed things and had things like weddings.
• There were few roads and the westerners found it hard to transport crops.