THE EARLY AMERICAS

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• France sold Louisiana for $15 million
• U.S.A made an expedition to explore Louisiana
• Lewis and Clark lead the expidition

LEWIS AND CLARK

• Lewis and Clark Lead expidition for America
• Started in St. Louis and ended at Missouri River
• They searched the Louisiana purchase

AMERICAN CULTURE

• People determined to better there life
• The 2nd awakening made more jobs
• jobs were artists, authors, musicians
• The architecture improved

THE EARLY AMERICANS JOBS

• There were musicians such as Stephen foster
• Also artist George Caleb Bingham
• Also Washington irvine wrote the sketch book

AMERICAN LIFE

• Plantation life made a society of clear class divisions
• Life as a slave was very horrible
• As a slave you had almost no rights

AMERICAN LIFE

• Northern cities prohibited slavery
• Life in the west was pretty harsh
• There were lots of hunting during that era