Expansion of the United States
Mapping History
About this Activity
- Created by:Ms. Ally French
- Historical Era:Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
- Thinking Skill:Historical Analysis & Interpretation
- Bloom's Taxonomy:Analyzing
The expansion of the United States is characterized in numerous primary source documents including treaties, maps, census reports, etc. Each of these documents represents a series of events that aided in creating the country we live in today.
https://docsteach.org/activities/student/expansion-of-the-united-statesDocuments in this activity
- Abstract of census and returns of election of a territorial legislature in Kansas
- Census of the Territory of Arkansas
- Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to the United States
- Map of the Louisiana Purchase Territory
- Memorial and sketch from Hancock County, Illinois, praying for a sum of money to improve the navigation of the Mississippi River at the Des Moines Rapids
- Oregon Trail Reenactment
- Senate Joint Resolution Declaring Admission of Missouri Into the Union
- The Act of April 30, 1802 ("Ohio Enabling Act"), 2 STAT 173, "enabling the people of the Eastern Division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio to form a Constitution and State government and f
- Exchange Copy of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846