Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition

Lewis and Clark
Expedition

By:Addy, Teagan, Brooke

Who were Lewis
and Clark?

-William Clark was a soldier

and originally fought in the milita
as an unprofessional fighter then
went to go onto the U.S army

-Clark was born on august 1,
1770 in caroline county,
Virginia
-Meriwether Lewis was born
on August 18, 1774 in Virginia
-Lewis was jefferson's private
secretary
-Lewis and Clark met each
other while serving in the army

Multiple Choice

What year was Clark and Lewis born

• 1900 and 1795

• 1800 and 1795

• 1770 and 1774

• 1700 and 1705

What were the
major goals of
the Lewis & Clark
expedition?

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Finding and mapping the
fabled northwest
passage

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A water route across
north america

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The expedition would
document findings about
territory people

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Documents plants and
animals

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Recommend sites for
future forts

Multiple Choice

What was one of the goals that Lewis and Clark had?

• To find a new source of food

• To find peace

• To find new land

• • To find a water route for north america 

What were the
details of their
expedition?

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started in the spring of 1804 in St.
Louis

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Encountered many Native
American groups

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18 months after it started they
got to the Pacific ocean - Spent
Winter there

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After winter they headed back
East

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They returned in 1806, september

Multiple Choice

After how many months after they started the expedition where did they head to?

• 14 months and the indian ocean

• 19 months and the Atlantic ocean

• • 18 months and the pacific ocean

• 1 year and the pacific ocean

What were the
primary modes of
moving themselves
and their equipment
west?

-They traveled by horse

They traveled by walking

-They traveled by canoe

-They had a guide,
Sacagawea

Multiple Choice

what was one way Lewis and Clark traveled?

• Plane

• Car

• Canoe

What difficulties
did they endure?

●Cultural Differences - with the Natives

●Some Native groups would steal from
them

●Going back East, they tried to go
through the river, but current was to
strong

●Got anger at the Natives for horse
prices

Multiple Choice

What was one of the difficulties that Lewis and Clark faced?

• Getting lost in the Native Americans territory

• • Getting mad at the Natives for horse prices

• Getting mad at Natives for stealing their food

Who was
Sacagawea and in
what ways did she
help the expedition?

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Sacagawea was born around
1788 in Lemhi County, Idaho.

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She was the daughter of a
Shoshone chief

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She was skilled at finding
edible plants for lewis and
clark

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She served as a symbol of
peace and helped
communicate to native
american tribes

Multiple Choice

What chief was Sacagwia’s father?

• Shoshone Chief

• Creek chief

• Cherroke

What were the
successes of the trip
and how did they
impact the U.S.?

-They collected valuable
information about people,
plants, animals, and
geography of the west

-Their journey inspired people
to move westward

-They assembled a crew of
sailors,gunsmith, carpenters,
scouts, and a cook on the trip.

-They had a good connection
with the native americans
and had a good experience
doing business with them

Multiple Choice

What was a success that they had with the Natives on their trip?

• • They had a good experiences doing business with them

• They had good experiences of meeting them

• They helped them build boats to get across the river