THE START OF AMERICA

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• The french had no longer use for Louisiana and it was sold for 15 Million dollars.
• Lewis and Clark were both amateur scientists and were both in the military.
• The purpose was to find people, plants, animals and geography to the west.
• Sacagawea joined their group as a guide. She was a Shoshone indian.

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• The journey provided inspiration to the people eager to move west

THE 2ND GREAT AWAKANING

• A religious revival is known as the second great awakening.
• A powerful influence on the growth of democracy of religon

AMERICAN aUTHOR

• James Fenimore cooper wrote novels

AMERICAN ARTIST

• George Caleb Bingham painted fur, traders,riverboats workers, and political speakers

AMERICAN MUSICIAN

• Stephen C. Foster was an american song writer

AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE

• The Architecture was based on classical styles of Ancient Greece & Rome
• The classical designs became the model for builidings all over the counrty

SOUTHERN PLANTATION'S CULTURES

• Southerners lived on small farms or large plantations
• The farms and plantations were widely separtated from each other
• The economy depended on slavery and growing cash crops

SLAVERY

• Life as a slave was working form dawn until dusk.
• The men worked on the fields
• The women cooked, sewed, cleaned and cared after the childern
• They never saw a farm and plantation and stayed in small cities

NORTHERN CITIES

• Mills and factories grew and brought in workers from farms and overseas
• There was a large gap between weathly and poor residents
• Weathly: Business people Middle: Artisans Poor: working class

THE WEST

• Had uncertain climate, limited supplies,and sometimes failing crops
• Settlements were far apartand hard to reach
• Weddings was a major part. It drew people in from the surrounding area
• The food was usally simple like bread and butter, fried pork,and wild fruits