THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY RERIOD

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

THE PURCHASE

• By Jefferson
• From France for 15Million
• Doubles size of USA
• Explored by Lewis and Clark

LEWIS AND CLARK

• Sent by Thomas Jefferson
• Had to collect data on the West
• Sacajawea, a native guided them

SOUTHERN LIFE

SLAVES

• Vital to economy
• More than just farm hands
• They were also...

MANY THINGS, LIKE

• Coach drivers
• Household servants
• Artisans
• Iron workers
• Miners

THE WEST

LIFE IN THE WEST

• Uncertain climate
• Limited supplies
• Far from settlements
• Conflicts with natives

AMERICAN CULTURE

ART

• Turned from European influences
• Painted American people and landscape

SOME ARTIST

• George Caleb Bingham
• George Caltin
• Thomas Doughty

MUSIC

• Made own form of music
• Banjos and pianos
• Stephan C. Foster

ARCHITECTURE

• Based on Greek and Roman
• On most buildings
• Greek revival and Classical

LITERATURE

• Turned away from European
• Wrote American based stories
• Washington Irving
• James Fenimore Cooper

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