NEW FRONTIERSCH 8

Sacagewea with Lewis and Clark

Key Terms

Westward expansion Manifest destiny (Ch. 10) Land fever * Frontier towns Franklin College, Georgia Washington Irving / “Legend of

Sleepy Hollow” Lady Liberty / bald eagle Pierre L’Enfant / Washington D.C. American Colonization Society

(ACS) Free African Society / William

Thornton Haitian Revolution Louisiana Territory Corps of Discovery

Sacagawea Meriwether Lewis / William Clark Zebulon Pike John Marshall Marbury v. Madison (1803) McCullouch v. Maryland (1819) Embargo Act National Road Eli Whitney / cotton gin turnpikes * steam engines / steam boats Spinning jenny / spinning mills American system of

manufacturing multiplier effect

Questions to Consider

How did developments in education, literature, and the arts contribute to the emergence of a distinctly American identity? To what extent did this identity contribute to the myth of America as a country full of entrepreneurial spirit?

What role did the desire for land and natural resources contribute to America’s expansion after the American Revolution? How did this “land fever” impact relations with Native-Americans and African-Americans?

If You’re Curious . . .

A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich