Exploring the Louisiana Purchase
Use the map on p. 216 in the textbook as a guide.
1. Label all of the US States and Territories as of 1804.
2. Locate and label the places described below with its name and the letter of the description:
A. Before 1803, this nation’s eastern and western boundaries were defined by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River.
B. Jefferson sent representatives to Paris to buy this city.
C. This mountain range is America’s continental divide.
D. Napoleon sold the US this territory to finance his European wars.
E. The Rio Grande and Great Salt Lake were two bodies of water in this region.
F. Louis and Clark begin their expedition from this city.
G. Lewis and Clark followed this river when they explored the territory the US had recently purchased.
3. Use 3 different colors to show the route of Louis and Clark’s expedition (1804-1806), and the routes of Pike’s two expeditions (1805-1806 and 1806-1807)
4. Jefferson stated in his first inaugural address that the United States was “kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe.”
- After studying the map and reading about the Louisiana Purchase, do you agree or disagree with Jefferson?
- Do you think the Louisiana Purchase further isolated the United States from Europe or brought the two worlds closer? Explain.