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Chapter 15, 16, 18 Reading Notes
Manifest Destiny/Life in the West/Reform Movement
Chapter 15: Manifest Destiny and the Growing Nation
Section 15.2 The Louisiana Purchase
(pgs. 202-203)
1. Why were the city of New Orleans and the
Mississippi River important to farmers in the early
2. What was Napoleon’s plan for Louisiana? Why
1800s?
were American farmers alarmed by it?
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Section 15.3 Florida
(pgs. 204)
4. What did President Monroe order Andrew
5. Explain the deal that the United States made
Jackson to do in 1818? What did Jackson do
with Spain in 1819 to end the conflict over Florida.
instead?
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Section 15.4 Texas
(pgs. 205)
6. List 2 complaints of American settlers in Texas in 1830. Then list two complaints of Tejanos in 1830.
American settlers:
Tejanos:
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7. Complete the timeline with important events that led Texas to
winning its independence. Write a 1-2 sentence summary next to each
date. Use all of the words in the word bank somewhere in the timeline.
1821
1829
Moses Austin is granted a huge tract of land in Texas
for an American colony
Word Bank
the Alamo
General Santa Anna
immigration
Republic of Texas
“Remember the
Alamo”
slavery
Stephen F. Austin
Tejanos
1830
1833
1835
March
1836
April
1836
1836 –
1845
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Chapter 16: Life in the West
Section 16.2 The Explorers
(pgs. 216-217)
8. List 3 motives, or reasons, for why the Lewis and
Clark expedition explored the West.
9. Describe one hardship that the Lewis and Clark
expedition faced.
10. What was the legacy of the Lewis and Clark expedition? Name at least 2 accomplishments.
11. What was the legacy of the following explorers?
Zebulon Pike
John C. Frémont
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Section 16.6 The Pioneer Women (pgs. 224-226)
12. Many women moved west with their families.
14. Explain how each of the following is an example
Why did single women pioneers move to the West?
of the great legacy of pioneer women.
Biddy Mason:
13. List three hardships that women faced along
the trail.
Annie Bidwell:
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Section 16.8 The Forty-Niners
(pgs. 228-229)
15. Why did many people move to California after 1848?
Turn over
16. List three hardships that forty-niners faced.
17. Fill in the speech bubbles to describe the legacy of the forty-niners from the perspective of each group.
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Chapter 18: An Era of Reform
Section 18.2 Planting the Seeds of Reform
(pgs. 246-247)
18. What was the optimistic message of the Second Great Awakening?
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19. Explain how this quotation by Henry David Thoreau reflects the philosophy of
transcendentalism: “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because
he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears.”
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Section 18.4 Improving Education (pgs. 249-250)
20. Complete the flowchart to show the conditions in public education during the mid-1800s and the reforms
that were passed.
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Section 18.5 Fighting Slavery
(pg. 250-251)
21. In what year did the Congress pass a law that ended the Atlantic Slave trade? How did this affect the
north?
22. Describe William Lloyd Garrison and his contribution to the movement to end slavery.
23. Describe Frederick Douglas and his contribution to the movement to end slavery.