What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Who was the third president of the United States?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Donald Trump

• Benjamin Franklin

In 1803 the United States paid France for a parcel of western land 828,000 square miles. This land is known as the....

• Texas

• Nebraska

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexico

One of the states carved out of the land was__________.

• Georgia

• Florida

• Tennessee

• Montana

The President believed that the future of the United States lay in the West.

• True

• False

What president made a plan for a party of explorers to take a river trip across North America.

• Jefferson

• Trump

• Biden

• Washington

Because most of the journey was by water the explorers built __________________.

• a cabin in the woods

• 55ft barge known as a keel boat

• a pirogues

_______________ is a large rowboat with sails.

• barge

• shipping container

• pirogues

• canoe

Lewis and Clark followed a map already made by previous explorers.

• True

• False

Lewis brought surveying equipment including a compass, quadrant, and a sextant to create the first map.

• True

• False

Lewis made sure the corps had plenty of food for the trip. They carried 200 pounds of dried condensed soup, 3,400 pounds of flour, 560 pounds of biscuits, 750 pounds of salt as well as coffee, peas, beans, sugar, lard and candles. How many more pounds of flour did they carry than salt and biscuits?

• 2,090 pounds

• 2,650 pounds

• 2,840 pounds