SANFORD Lewis and Clark Expedition Overview

Because President Jefferson was unsure of what the new land we'd purchased was like, he hired __________ to take a trip across this new land.

• Native Americans

• colonists

• Explorers

• immigrants

Because Lewis and Clark needed many different types of skills to accomplish the goals that President Jefferson had set for them, they needed to assemble a _______.

• train

• team

• a group of soldiers

Lewis and Clark assembled a group of people with different talents and skills to go on this trip, and they named them the ______.

• Corps of Discovery

• Lewis and Clark Squad

• The American Explorers

• Louisiana Territory Trust

The Corp of Discovery included 31 people, and __________ .

• a cat

• 15 women

• 112 soldiers

• a dog

The Louis and Clark expedition went from the mouth of the Missouri River to the ________.

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

What city did the expedition depart from?

• New York

• Missouri

• New Orleans

• Saint Louis

Most of the Louis and Clark expedition would be on ________.

• land

• water

Lewis and Clark were said to be _______, because one liked leading and making maps, while the other liked studying and reading books

• opposites

• equals

• soldiers

• Native Americans

Lewis and Clark met many Native Americans, but this wife of a French fur trader would join the Corp of Discovery, and help make this trip successful. Her name was _________.

• Hidatsa

• Toussaint

• Charbonneau

• Sacagawea

In August of 1805, the group began a dangerous trek over these snow-covered mountains. The name of this mountain range is

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Sierra Madre Mountain Range

• Everest