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US National Archives

National Archives: Lewis and Clark's Expedition to the Complex West

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the land annexed in the Louisiana Purchase knowing that his area was already inhabited and politically complicated. Students will explore documents related to the purchase and use the map to...
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Gateway New Orleans: Louisiana Purchase

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a description of the terms of the Louisiana Purchase. There is a map to show the land that was included in this deal.
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Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States , 1783 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1897 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the...
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Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States, 1783 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1897 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the...
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Etc: Expansion of the United States, 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1912 of the United States showing the territorial acquisitions up to the Gadsden Purchase in northern Mexico in 1853. The map is color-coded to show the territory of the original United States and the Northwest Territory...
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Etc: Expansion of the United States , 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1904 of the United States showing the territorial acquisitions up to the Gadsden Purchase in northern Mexico in 1853. The map is coded to show the territory of the original United States and the Northwest Territory defined by...
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Etc: Expansion of the United States, 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1904 of the United States showing the territorial acquisitions up to the Gadsden Purchase in northern Mexico in 1853. The map is coded to show the territory of the original United States and the Northwest Territory defined by...
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Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States, 1783 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of the United States showing the territorial acquisitions from the original states and territory established in 1783 to the Tripartite Convention of 1899 in which Germany and the United States divided the Samoan...
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Etc: The Growth of the United States, 1776 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States showing the growth of the nation from 1776-1867. The map is color-coded to show the thirteen original states, the territory acquired by conquest during the revolution and the Treaty of 1783, the Louisiana...
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Etc: Territorial Development of the United States, 1783 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States showing the growth of the nation from 1783-1867. The map is color-coded to show the thirteen original states, the territory acquired by conquest during the revolution and the Treaty of 1783, the Louisiana...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Admission of States to the Union, 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1899 of the United States showing the growth of the nation from the original States in 1783 to the admission of Utah into the Union in 1896. The map shows the Northwest Territory claimed at the end of the American...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1821

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and territories in 1821 after the Missouri Compromise, showing the Free States and territories, the Slave States and territories, and the transitional territories at the time. The map is color-coded to show the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Treaty With Spain, 1819

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the western United States and northern Mexico showing the territorial disputes settled and boundary established by the Adams-Onis Treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819. The territorial disputes involved the natural...
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Etc: The United States of America, 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States showing the growth of the nation from 1776-1853. This map is coded to show the thirteen original states, and the territories acquired in 1783, by the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the northern territories, West...
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Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States, 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1907 of the United States showing the growth of the nation from 1776-1853. This map is coded to show the thirteen original states, and the territories acquired in 1783, by the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the northern...
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Etc: The Territorial Growth of the United States, 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the original thirteen...
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Etc: The Territorial Growth of the United States , 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1894 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the Russian cession of Alaska in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the original...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States in 1800 prior to the Louisiana Purchase.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Mexican War, 1846 1848

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of central Mexico and southern United States showing the important cities and battle sites of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The map shows the rivers of the contested boundaries that led to the war, the Rio Grande del Norte...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Dispute Between United States and Mexico, 1846

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the disputed territory in 1846 between the Nueces River, claimed to be the territory boundary by Mexico, and the Rio Grande River, claimed to be the boundary by the Republic of Texas. The map also shows the old Spanish...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Mexican War, 1803 1848

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of northern and central Mexico and southern United states showing the area of conflict during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The map shows the Mexican boundary (under Spain) established by the Louisiana Purchase (1803)...
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Etc: Routes of Lewis and Clark, 1804 1805

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of western North America showing the routes of exploration by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1803-1806), and Zebulon Pike (1806-1807). The map shows the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, the Indian Territory east of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: West Florida, 1803 1819

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the disputed territory of West Florida showing the United States claim after the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and President Madison's annexation (1810) from the Mississippi River to the Pearl River, the occupation to the Perdido...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1825 1830

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States during the Presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825&ndash1829) showing the States at the time, the Unorganized Territory of the Louisiana Purchase, and the Oregon Country under joint control with Great Britain.