Chapter 9, Section 2 The Louisiana Purchase (pages 282 285) Setting a Purpose for Reading Think about these questions as you read: How did the United States expand in the early 1800s? How did Lewis and Clark lead an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory? As you read pages 282 285 in your textbook, complete this graphic organizer by describing the areas that Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike explored Explorer Region explored Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Zebulon Pike Match the date in the left column with the correct event in the right column by writing the letter in the space to the left of the date 1 1802 2 October 1803 3 July 1804 4 1804 1806 5 1805 1807 a The Spanish release Pike b Lewis and Clark explore Louisiana Territory c Pike explores upper Mississippi River and present-day Colorado d Napoleon tries to retake Santo Domingo e US Senate approves Louisiana Purchase f Burr kills Hamilton in duel g French expelled from Santo Domingo Chapter 9, Section 2 131
Western Territory (pages 282 283) Imagine you are a member of the Lewis and Clark or Zebulon Pike expedition exploring unknown territory in the Far West Write a journal entry describing a day s activities and sights Write a sentence explaining what is meant by Conestoga wagons, a term in this lesson Conestoga wagaons Circle the letter of the word or words that have the closest meaning to the underlined academic vocabulary word from this lesson 1 The Louisiana Territory was a huge area a amount of land b valley c wasteland 2 Jefferson confirmed that the French had gotten control of the Louisiana Territory from Spain a believed b learned the truth c pretended 3 The Conestoga wagon was a useful vehicle for many pioneers a boat b carriage c means of transportation The Nation Expands (pages 283 285) As you read pages 283 285, answer the following questions 1 Read the main heading of this sectionwhat will it be about? 132 Chapter 9, Section 2
2 Look at the map on page 284What areas were explored by Lewis and Clark? by Pike? 3 Read the last heading in the sectionwhat two political leaders will be discussed? Find the following terms from this lesson and write descriptions or definitions of them Louisiana Purchase secede Write the correct place from this lesson in the space to complete the sentences below 1 Lewis and Clark and Pike started their expeditions from (New Orleans, St Louis), a city on the Mississippi River 2 Lewis and Clark explored along the (Missouri River, Red River) Chapter 9, Section 2 133
Now that you have read the section, write the answers to the questions that were included in Setting a Purpose for Reading at the beginning of the section How did the United States expand in the early 1800s? What route did the Lewis and Clark expedition follow? 134 Chapter 9, Section 2
Name Date Class Guided Reading Activity The Jefferson Era Section The Louisiana Purchase After reading the section, write down each major heading in the text Recite the main points of each heading back to a classmate, parent, or teacher without using your text or notes Outlining DIRECTIONS: Reading the section and completing the outline below will help you learn about the Louisiana Purchase I Western Territory A The pioneers most valued possessions were and B In 1800 the area west of the Mississippi River was called the C Pioneer farmers shipped their goods downriver to D France s leader,, made a secret agreement with Spain to acquire the Louisiana Territory E Toussaint-Louverture led a successful rebellion in II The Nation Expands A Jefferson justified the purchase of Louisiana by the government s power to make B An expedition through the newly acquired territory hoped to find and map the water route to Asia C and were chosen to lead the expedition D The expedition s guide was a Shoshone woman named Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc E Expeditions led by traveled through the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Rio Grande F Federalists in Massachusetts plotted to from the Union 68