Isabel's CYOAs
CYOA #1 - Bio-poem: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin
organized, took risks, creative, and perfected his public image
Abiah Folger, Josiah Franklin, and Deborah Read
Lover of science, country, and family
Who feels
who needs printmaking, and books
who gives contributions to science, philosophy, and American History
who fears being poor and having to quit school
who would like to see the world become a better place
Resident of Massachusetts Bay, British American
Franklin
CYOA #2- Slides Presentations
CYOA #3- Venn Diagram: Hamilton v. Jefferson
Hamilton VS. Jefferson
Similarities
*Supported a national bank
*supported strong central government
*wanted federal government to pay off war debts
*wanted national money produced by the government
*wanted high tariffs on import goods so U.S. could become self-sufficient
*supported agricutural nation
*supported state rights
*feared tyranny and thought in terms of freedom
*believed national bank gave Federalists too much power
*depened on farmers since they were independent voters
* worked to move the nation's capital
*They both signed the U.S. Constitution
*They were both members of Cabinet
CYOA #4 - Annotated timeline - Civil War
CYOA #6- Textbook Re-do : Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase
Key Terms:
Louisiana Purchase: On October 20,1803, the senate approved the agreement of the Louisiana Purchase, whuch roughly doubled the size of the United States.
Sacagawea: (1786? - 1812) Shoshone women who, along with her French fur- trapper husband , accompanied and aided Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Lewis and Clark Expedition: In May 1804 the Lewis and Clark Expedition began its long journey to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Zebulon Pike: (1779 - 1813) Army officer sent on a mission to explore the West, he was ordered to find the headwaters of the Red River. He attemepted to climb what is now known as Pikes Peak in Colorado.
The Louisiana Purchase cost $15 million and cost less than three cents per acre. Because of the Louisiana Purchase, the United States purchased approximately 828 million square miles of France, and aloso being doubled at that point. The Louisiana Purchase also included the states Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Minnesota, and West of the Mississippi River. Spain signed a secret treaty with France to return the Louisiana Territory to France in 1801.