Sacagawea & the Corps of Discovery
Who was the Shoshone woman who served as a translator on the expedition?
Sacagawea
By 1800, the United States bordered as far west as what river?
The Mississippi River
Which French leader offered to sell Louisiana to the United States?
Napoleon
The Louisiana Purchase nearly did what to the size of the United States?
Nearly doubled it
What was the name of Lewis’s dog that traveled on the expedition?
Seaman
Who was Sacagawea’s French husband, hired as an interpreter?
Toussaint Charbonneau
Which country controlled land west of the Mississippi River before the purchase?
Spain
What was the negotiated price for the Louisiana Purchase?
$15 million
Massachusetts Federalists plotted to do this to the Union.
Secede (withdraw)
What was odd about William Clark's journals?
His spelling (writing style)
What was the name of Sacagawea’s newborn son who traveled with the expedition?
Jean Baptiste
What year did Spain change its trade policy, denying American goods from traveling past New Orleans?
1802
Which two U.S. representatives were told the Louisiana Territory was for sale?
Robert Livingston and James Monroe
Northeast Federalists feared the purchase would weaken the political and economic power of which region?
New England
Clark spelled “mosquito” how many different ways?
19
Identify the two people allowed to vote on the expedition’s winter stay location despite not having voting rights in the U.S. at the time.
Sacagawea and York
Jefferson suspected a secret transfer of territory from Spain to this nation (and believed Florida was included).
France
The new U.S. territory extended from the Gulf of Mexico to this northern boundary and from the Mississippi River to this mountain range.
Canada and the Rocky Mountains
The Louisiana Territory eventually became how many states?
13
After returning, Lewis and Clark brought back maps and descriptions of what two major types of life they studied?
Animals and plants
What was the name of the Shoshone chief the expedition met, who turned out to be Sacagawea’s brother?
Cameahwait
Congress initially allowed Robert Livingston to offer $2 million for which two areas?
New Orleans and West Florida
Napoleon’s plan for a western empire collapsed after rebellion drove the French out of what place?
Saint-Domingue
What battle is described as a direct result of Native Americans opposing U.S. expansion after the Louisiana Purchase?
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Their collected information about the West helped inspire this major movement.
Americans moving west / westward migration