The Louisiana Purchase

•Read LoH pgs 108-111

•Narrate this excerpt, focusing on the dynamics of ownership transfer and the names of the major figures involved.

•Watch/Listen to "The Louisiana Purchase Rap" video via the provided YouTube link.

•Discuss: 1.) Why did the Louisiana Purchase pose a problem for Jefferson? 2.) Which geographic features defined the area? 3.) How were those features economically influential? 4.) What irony can be seen in the "Essex Junto" scheme?

•Mapping: Use the uploaded map to draw the boundaries of the U.S. at the time of the Purchase. Be sure to label each part. Then use the map on pg. 111 to provide an outline of the state lines which would eventually fill the land space of the Purchase.