Louisiana Purchase
Contextualization
Lewis and Clark
100

When was the Louisiana Purchase? 

1803

100

Who was the President of the United States during the Louisiana Purchase? 

Thomas Jefferson 

100

When did the Lewis and Clark expedition take off? 

1804

200

How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost for the United States? 

$15 million

200

Why did France sell the Louisiana Territory?

France was in need of funds to fight the British. 

200

Who was the Native American Woman who helped Lewis and Clark for two years of their expedition? 

Sacagawea 

300

Name four modern day States purchased in the Louisiana Purchase. 

Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota as well as parts of Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, Montana, and Wyoming.

300

Who was the French Emperor at the time of the Louisiana Purchase? 

Napoleon Bonaparte

300

How many men accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition? 

45

400

About how much land was obtained in the Louisiana Purchase? 

Approximately 827,000  square miles of land. 

400

Where did Lewis and Clark start and end their expedition? 

Lewis and Clark departed from Philadelphia and ended in Oregon on the pacific coast.

500

Who were the two delegates for France and the U.S. for the Louisiana Purchase? 

James Monroe and Francios Barbe-Marbois

500

What Native tribe was Sacagawea from? 

Lemhi Shoshone Tribe from the River Valley of Idaho.