Territorial Growth

Northwest Ordinance in 1787• divided land north of the Ohio River and

east of Mississippi River into smaller territories

• provided guidelines under which new states could be admitted to the union

• Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin• Slavery illegal (slave owners prior to law

grandfathered in)

Territorial Growth

Education used as tool to encourage “national values” and compete with other nations

• Noah Webster• compiled 1st US dictionary • dictionary included words and spellings distinct

to the US rather than England• helped unify nation’s educational standards

Territorial Growth

Louisiana Territory of 1803• purchased from France (Napoleon)• largest land purchase, doubling country’s

size• Thomas Jefferson’s administration• economic turning point b/c nation began to

pursue prosperity within its own borders rather than from foreign nations

Territorial Growth

Lewis and Clark Expedition• goal: water route to Pacific• Departed St. Louis 1804; returned

1806• Led to rapid migration of settlers to

Pacific Northwest• Oregon Trail

National Identity

War of 1812• British blamed for Native American

resistance, impressing US seamen, and threatening presence in Canada

• British burned Washington DC• Inspiring victory at Fort McHenry

• Star Spangled Banner

• Andrew Jackson’s victory leads to end with signing of Treaty of Ghent

National Identity

Erie Canal (1825)• man-made waterway that made travel and

trade faster and easier• connected New York City to Great Lakes• economy of NYC and northeastern US

greatly enhanced

National Identity

Henry Clay’s American System• improve nation’s economy • infrastructure

• roads, rail lines, services and utilities, canals

• protective tariff• tax on imports

• internal improvements• infrastructure improved with federal funds

• second national bank

National Identity

Monroe Doctrine• US would not tolerate European intervention

in affairs of any independent nation in the Americas

• American continents not open to European colonization

• any attempt viewed as aggressive • US not interfere in internal affairs of other

American countries or European nations

National Identity

National Identity