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Chapter 5 Section 2 : The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Pages 188-195
A. Reviewing Key Terms, People, and Places
Directions: Choose the person, place, or term that matches the underlined phrase. Write theletter of the answer next to the correct number. You will not use all the answers.
Column I
_____ 1. Zebulon Pike made a long tripof
exploration and discovery.
_____ 2. The mountain ridge thatseparates river
systems inNorth America is located inthe Rocky Mountains.
_____ 3. Jefferson ran into a turningpoint, or
deciding event inhistory, when he found out
that France had purchasedNew Orleans from
Spain.
_____ 4. When the Americans arrivedin France,
they had to changein some way their plan
to buyNew Orleans.
_____ 5. Spanish soldiers captured theexplorer
of the southernregion of the Louisiana territory
and escorted himback to the United States.
Column II
a. crisis
b. loom
c. continental divide
d. Toussaint L’Ouverture
e. Zebulon Pike
f. expedition
g. alter
h. current split
i. Meriwether Lewis
B. Key Concepts
Directions: Read the following statements. If a statement is correct, write T next to its
number. If it is incorrect, place an F next to its number and replace the underlined word(s) tomake the statement correct.
_____ 6. England closed the port of New Orleans to American farmers.
If false, replace England with
_____ 7. Robert Livingston and James Monroe offered to buy New Orleans, butTallyrand offered to sell all of Louisiana.
If false, replace New Orleans with
_____ 8. The expeditions of Lewis and Clark and of Zebulon Pike expanded
Americans’ knowledge of the land west of the Missouri River.
If false, replace Missouri with
_____ 9. Lewis and Clark traveled west across the United States until they reachedthe Atlantic Ocean.
If false, replace Atlantic with
Continued on the back…..
C. Critical Thinking
10. What goals did Lewis and Clark accomplish on their expedition?
11. How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost?
12. What was Jefferson’s dilemma with the Louisiana Purchase?
13. Why did the United States want to buy New Orleans?
14. Where were Lewis and Clark when they met Sacagawea?
15. How did Lewis and Clark get horses to cross the Rockies?
16. When did they return to to St. Louis? About how long did their entire journey take?
17. Why were the Spaniards so concerned about Pike’s expedition?