Powers of the President
Background
1802-1803
May 1804-Winter 1805
Spring 1805-Winter 1806
100
Name the power in which he/she is in charge of something.
What is military/officers
100
This the area that Jefferson purchased.
What is Louisiana Territory
100
What was Jefferson’s dilemma about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?
What is the power was not directly stated in the Constitution.
100
What was an important goal for Lewis and Clark when dealing with the Native Americans?
What is to gather information about the Native American tribes and to negotiate with their leaders for peace and trade.
100
How long did the Group travel through the rugged wilderness with their boats and supplies across their backs?
What is 18 miles
200
Name the power in which he/she receives something.
What is ambassadors
200
This was the amount Jefferson payed for the territory.
What is 15 million dollars
200
Why was New Orleans important to Jefferson?
What is it was to double the size of the United States and provided American settlers with fertile land and valuable resources.
200
This person was a 15-year-old Shoshone Indian Girl that joined Corps of Discovery with her husband Charbonneau.
What is Sacagawea
200
What was the name of the river that was one of the three rivers that went west of the Missouri River?
What is the Jefferson River
300
Name the power in which he/she signs or vetoes something.
What is legislation
300
This is the country Jefferson bought the territory from.
What is France
300
This was one of the reasons why Jefferson did not like Napoleon.
What is he feared that France would require Americans to pay heavy taxes to use the river for shipping and to export goods from the port of New Orleans.
300
What was the name of Sacagawea's new son that was born in February during the cold harsh winters.
What is Jean Baptiste
300
When the expedition went into the Shoshone territory, who was the new leader of the group?
What is Sacagawea's brother
400
Name the power in which he/she is allowed to make what.
What is treaties with other countries
400
This river was located west of the Louisiana Territory.
What is the Mississippi River
400
What was the “Corps of Discovery”?
What is when Lewis and Clark gathered 40-50 other men and traveled from St. Louis to Camp Wood.
400
This is what the Corps called their new settlement they made to survive the cold harsh winters.
What is Fort Mandan
400
There was no navigable water route to get the Group to the Pacific, so instead they had to cross this geographic feature?
What is Mountains
500
Why was Jefferson upset about purchasing the Louisiana Purchase?
What is Jefferson buys the Louisiana Purchase but the power is not directly stated in the Constitution. This goes against his beliefs of how the Constitution should be interpreted.
500
This was approximately how big the Louisiana territory was.
What is 827,000 square miles
500
What was the main task of Lewis and Clark in the Louisiana Territory?
What is they wanted to do an expedition across the new territory.
500
What purpose did Sacagawea and her husband serve for the Corps of Discovery?
What is to serve as interpreters
500
What did the people of the group buy in order to travel across the mountains to get to the Pacific?
What is horses