Alabama Social Studies SS24.4.8

SS24.4.8 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.4.8a

  Summarize how the Federal Road increased access to Creek Territory for settlers and enslaved persons, and explain how their arrival affected Native Americans.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how the Louisiana Purchase expanded U.S. land claims and how Lewis and Clark's maps and reports helped others travel west. They trace the Federal Road through Creek Territory and identify settlers and enslaved people brought along it. They explain how growing traffic and settlement put pressure on Creek land and communities.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can distinguish the land gained through the purchase from the route Lewis and Clark traveled. They can show where the Federal Road crossed Creek Territory and explain how it brought newcomers and increased pressure on Creek land.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think the purchased land was empty or that Lewis and Clark traveled only through purchased land. Some may think enslaved people chose to move along the Federal Road or overlook that Creek people already lived on the land it crossed.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a map with the purchase, expedition route, and Federal Road marked. Ask them to write how each helped people move west, who traveled the road, and one effect on Creek people.

1. 01

   Give pairs a printed map with the purchase, expedition route, Federal Road, and Creek Territory; have them color each and add movement arrows.

2. 02

   Ask: Why might a road help settlers enter Creek Territory while making life harder for Creek families? Require one detail from the map.

3. 03

   Play a card match with purchase, expedition maps, Federal Road, and outcome cards naming new claims, travel information, and pressure on Creek land.

4. 04

   Compare a modern driving map from Milledgeville to Mobile with a Federal Road map; ask who gained access and whose land the old road crossed.

• SS24.US1.14

  Explain how westward expansion after the Civil War created economic growth in the West and affected the people living there as well as those migrating to the re...

• SS24.4.11

  Describe events and factors that led to the United States' expansion prior to the Civil War, including conflicts, technological developments, trails, and the Go...

• SS24.4.17

  Describe the social, political, and economic impacts of the conflicts, legislation, and treaties that led to the United States acquiring additional territory af...

• SS24.US1.5a

  Describe how the Treaty of Paris of 1783, Northwest Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, and the Louisiana Purchase affected American territorial exp...