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The main goal of the Corps of Discovery
What is finding a water route to the Pacific
This French leader struck a deal with Thomas Jefferson over the sale of the Louisiana Territory
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This was the impact of eminent domain on Native Americans
What is they were forced out for their lands?
This was the most active and important port in Louisianna
What is the port of New Orleans?
A widespread outbreak of disease
What is an epidemic?
All expeditions we have talked about stopped at or went through this Missouri city
What is St. Louis?
This was the goal of missionary schools
What is to convert natives to Christianity?
Some native tribes chose to do this with the Europeans
What is assimilate?
The US gained control of the Mississippi River after this big buy
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The power of the government to take private property for public use
What is eminent domain?
This man was the first to journey across the land now known as Kansas
Who is Zebulon Pike?
This is why some natives welcomed missionaries
What is they had some useful trade goods?
Land dedicated to the settlement of Native Americans, they were forced onto these
What is a reservation?
This country sold Benjamin Franklin the territory that doubled the size of America
What is France?
The flowing together of two or more streams or rivers
What is confluence?
These structures housed American soldiers and militaries
What are forts?
James Madison asked this of Stephen Long
What is exploring borders?
This area was covered in lush trees and fertile lands unsettled by man
What is the Louisiana Territory?
This was Meriweather Lewis' occupation (career)
What is a cartographer?
The idea that it was the fate of the settlers to move west and expand their territory
What is Manifest Destiny?
1. To protect Native American lands
2. To protect travelers on the trails
3. To maintain peace with the Natives
What are 3 reasons the government built forts in Kansas?
This short European leader led his men into battle many times, causing France to go broke
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Both of these men believed that the Louisiana Territory was unfit for settlement
Who are Pike and Long?
This is what life was like on the Oregon Trail
What is exhausting, bad weather, sickness, lack of food or shelter, etc.?