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Interactive
University of Oregon

Mapping History Project: Missouri Compromise: 1820

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive map showing free states and territories and slave states and territories before and after the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Click on the map to choose before or after and the key. Shockwave required.
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Interactive
Other

Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation

For Students 3rd - 8th
A 10-minute movie showing the expansion of the United States after the end of the Revolutionary War. Follow the directions to start the movie and listen to the explanations.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cole, the Oxbow

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Cole was best known for his landscape paintings which embodied the beauty and grandeur of the American wilderness during the first half of the nineteenth century. When viewed through the lens of nineteenth-century political...
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Graphic
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: The Mississippi Territory (1814)

For Students 9th - 10th
An 1814 American map of the territory of the lower Mississippi valley; part of the larger Louisiana Purchase that President Jefferson purchased from the French in 1803.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Missouri State History for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Missouri including early explorers, Native Americans, Louisiana Purchase, Gateway to the West, and the Civil War on this site.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Montana State History for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can learn about the history and timeline of the state of Montana including early explorers, Native Americans, Louisiana Purchase, and becoming a state on this website.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: South Dakota State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of South Dakota including early explorers, Native Americans, Louisiana Purchase, Wounded Knee, and becoming a state.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: North Dakota State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids explore the history and timeline of the state of North Dakota including early explorers, Native Americans, Louisiana Purchase, and becoming a state on this site.
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Activity
PBS

Lewis and Clark: Archives: A Timeline of the Trip

For Students 3rd - 8th
An easy-to-follow timeline of Lewis and Clark and their journey to the West beginning with Jefferson's ideas of an expedition in 1806 to the death of William Clark in 1838.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story; A New Nation

For Students 3rd - 5th
As America was forming its government, many problems needed to be solved. The Library of Congress tells you more about this time and some of its interesting people.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents important information about the Lewis and Clark expedition with 20 interesting facts about this important event that occurred during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. The Lewis and Clark expedition helped by Sacagawea traveled...
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Handout
Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father of the United States who drafted the Declaration of Independence and later became the third US President.
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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Graphic
Curated OER

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...