Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Lewis and ClarkExpedition

• Trivia

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What president initiated the Lewis and Clark
Expedition?
Thomas Jefferson
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What was the purpose of the expedition?
Finding a path to the Pacific Ocean
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In what year and in what city did the Lewis and
Clark Expedition leave?
1803
St. Louis
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Who were the stars of the Expedition?
Lewis
Sacajawea
Clark
Seaman
Native Americans
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What do you knowabout Lewis?

• Private secretary of Jefferson
• Energetic and dedicated
• Interested in finding a route to the Pacific
• Governor of the Louisiana Territory

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What do you knowabout Clark?

• Member of the Kentucky Militia
• Spied on the Spanish
• Strong and muscular physical frame

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What do you knowabout Sacajawea?

• Helped persuade many Native American tribes of
  the peaceful intentions of the expedition
• Acted as an interpretersaving many of the
  written journals
• Proved invaluable during the expedition

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