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This animal brought a significant amount of the fur trapping industry to Montana
Beaver
This is the name of the military expedition that Lewis and Clark led West in 1804.
The Corps of Discovery
Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic in 1492, and expected to end up on this continent.
Asia
European explorers from these four countries settled in North America in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Russia, France, Spain, and England
This tribe helped Lewis and Clark cross the continental divide.
Shoshone
This region of North America was the last to be explored by Europeans.
Northwest; eastern Montana to the Pacific Ocean
Thomas Jefferson had a vision of the west where the government would function as a....
Democracy
Lewis and Clark encountered this many native tribes on their expedition.
27
Beavers affect landscapes in three major ways.
Damming streams, creating wetlands, and trimming trees.
The La Verendrye brothers failed on there expedition to the west for these three primary reasons.
They kept poor journals, their navigational instruments broke, and they turned back to avoid intertribal conflict.
In addition to Lewis and Clark, these TWO explorers were responsible for filling in the map of Montana during the 19th century.
David Thompson and Francois Larocque
The Louisiana Purchase covered 800,000 square miles of land, stretching from these two geographic features.
The Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
Alexander Mackenzie was the first European explorer to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through a midland route when he arrived in this place.
Bella Coola, British Columbia
4 sergeants, 23 privates, and 7 non-military members
This term means "The belief Europeans had that they were given North America to spread the ideals that they thought defined civilization: agriculture, private enterprise, and Christianity."
Manifest Destiny