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New Frontiers. CH 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 / b ald eagle Pierre L’Enfant / Washington D.C.
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New Frontiers CH 8
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) • McCullouchv. 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?
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