Lewis and Clark

Which President asked Lewis and Clark to go exploring?

• George Washington
• Barak Obama
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln

What is the belief that it is our destiny to expand westward and fill the country coast to coast?

• Manifest Destiny
• The American Dream
• Expansionism
• World Domination

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For how much did we purchase the Louisiana Territory?

• $10 million
• $5 million
• We fought in a war and won it
• $15 million

Who was the leader of France that sold Louisiana to us?

• Napoleon Dynamite
• King Louis XVI
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• King George III

Which river did Lewis and Clark travel on for the majority of their journey?

• Mississippi River
• Clark River
• Colombia River
• Missouri River

How many miles did they end up traveling?

• 1,000
• 4,000
• 6,000
• 10,000

What sign did they need to look for to know they were still on the Missouri River?

• Asteroids falling from the sky
• Special rocks sticking up from the ground
• A huge set of waterfalls
• Woolly mammoths

Which Shoshone Indian joined their group to act as a guide and interpreter?

• Pocahontas
• Nantucket
• Black Kettle
• Sacagawea

Why did the Corps of Discovery get worried in the state of Montana?

• There were grizzly bears
• The river forked
• The temperature was -45
• They got lost

Why was the chief of the Shoshone willing to help them over the mountains?

• He was Sacagawea's brother
• They paid him with lots of money
• They held him prisoner until he agreed
• He thought the grizzlies would eat them