A Question of Unity

After the Louisiana Purchase, the size of the U.S. doubled. This increased the opportunity for settlers to move west, but the issue of slavery became bigger in Congress. At the time, the number of slave states was equal to the number of free states. Therefore, any new state would make the balance unequal.

Pike’s Pike

Zebulon Pike, is best known for discovering Pike’s Peak in the Colorado mountain Pike also assisted in the charting of the Louisiana Territory.

Lewis and Clark

Doubling the size of the U.S. provided more opportunities for poor families, but the territory needed to be explored and mapped first.

The Life of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson the third president of the United States, is considered a philosopher more than a politician. He was also a husband, father, writer, reader, and many other things. He is remembered for many things like the treaty of Tripoli, the Louisiana Purchase, and writing the first draft of the Declaration of independence. He also built the University of Virginia.