Louisiana Purchase and Lewis &Clark
1)Who was the president of the United States when we purchased the Louisiana Territory?
2)What else is this president famous for?
3)What country did the US buy the Louisiana Territory from?
4)Who was leader of the country that we purchased the land from?
5)Why was he willing to sell the land?
6)Why did the US want New Orleans?
7)How much did the US pay for the Louisiana Territory total? Per acre?
8)What did this purchase do to the size of our country?
9)Who did the President send to explore the new land?
10)Who was the slave who joined the group on their journey?
11)What was the dog’s name that went on the journey?
12)What was the name of the group who explored the new land?
13)What Native American and her French husband served as interpreters?
14)What was her baby’s name and nickname?
15)What did the explorers get from the Shoshone tribe to help them cross the mountains?
16)What river did the explorers travel on for the longest portion of their journey?
17)What river did they think would take them to the Pacific Ocean?
18)What did the President tell these explorers to do?
19)What large obstacle surprised them as they were not aware of its existence?
20)About how long did the journey last?
21)How many men died on the journey?
22)What is the Continental Divide? Why were the men excited when they reached it?
23)What were obstacles faced by these explorers?
24)What was the most important effect of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
25)Did Lewis and Clark find a Northwest Passage?
1)Thomas Jefferson
2)Penning the Declaration of Independence
3)France
4)Napoleon
5)He needed money for his war with England
6)They wanted control of the Mississippi River and the prot of New Orleans for trading purposes
7)15 million/3 cents an acre
8)Double the size of our country
9)Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
10)York
11)Seaman
12)Corps of Discovery
13)Sacagawea
14)Jean Baptiste/ Little Pomp
15)Horses
16)Missouri River
17)Columbia River
18)Draw the plants and animals as wellas bring back specimen
To make maps of the area
To find a Northwest Passage
19)Rocky Mountains
20)2 years
21)1 from a burst appendix
22)The place where the rivers flow to the west towards the Pacific Ocean- they knew they were near the Pacific Ocean when they reached this which excited them
23)Mosquitoes, paddling upriver, shallow rivers, debris in rivers, collapsing river banks, unknown territory with no maps, mountains, waterfalls, Native Americans, lack of food, malnutrition
24)It opened up the American West to settlers, explorers, and prospectors.
It paved the way for American farms and caused industrialization
25)no