USI.8 EXPANSION USI.8A describe territorial expansion and how it affected the political map of the United States, with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Florida, Texas, Oregon, and California. USI.8B identify the geographic and economic factors that influenced the westward movement of settlers. USI.8C describe the impact of inventions, including the cotton gin, the reaper, the steamboat, and the steam locomotive, on life in America. USI.8D identify the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.
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USI.8 EXPANSION USI.8A describe territorial expansion and how it affected the political map of the United States, with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase,
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USI.8 EXPANSIONUSI.8A describe territorial expansion and how it affected the political map of the United States, with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Florida, Texas, Oregon, and California.
USI.8B identify the geographic and economic factors that influenced the westward movement of settlers.
USI.8C describe the impact of inventions, including the cotton gin, the reaper, the steamboat, and the steam locomotive, on life in America.
USI.8D identify the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.
WESTWARD MOVEMENTUSI.8A-D
“Oh, Susannah” (5)
WHY MOVE WEST?
• Population growth in the eastern states• Cheap, fertile land• Economic opportunity (gold rush, logging,