Louisiana Purchase Players
Who purchased the Louisiana Territory?
Thomas Jefferson
How much did we pay for the Louisiana territory?
15 million
What was the purpose of the expedition?
To explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory.
The president that called for the expedition:
Who was Seaman?
Lewis's dog (He was a Newfoundland =] )
What country did we buy the land from?
France
What were the eastern and western boundaries of the Louisiana territory?
The Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
What was the general route of the expedition?
They followed the Missouri across the northern part of the country, through the Rocky's, to the Pacific.
The two captains chosen for expedition:
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Why was the first captain chosen?
Meriwether Lewis was chosen because he was the president's personal secretary.
Who was in charge of the country we bought it from at the time?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What country did France lose that convinced them to sell the Louisiana territory?
St. Domingue (or modern day Haiti)
What were two things the captain's of the expedition supposed to be doing based on the president's instructions?
-Keep note of all important waterways and landforms
-Get to know facts about natives
-Document agricultural resources for farming
-Make friends with natives to begin trade
-Send two people back by boat via the pacific
The personal slave for one of the captain's of the expedition:
York
Why was the second captain chosen?
William Clark was Lewis's friend, and a very experienced outdoorsman.
Who did we send to Paris to buy the territory?
James Monroe
Why did the US originally want to purchase the lower half of the Louisiana territory?
They wanted to secure the New Orleans port and continued use of the Mississippi River.
What was one negative during the expedition?
-Building forts in snow
-Weeks of storms delay the journey
-Fight with Blackfoot Indians end in death
The Indian woman who acted as a translator on the journey AND her husband:
Sacagawea
Although the second captain was not a technical "captain," they told the crew he was. Why?
Lewis and Clark wanted to be viewed as equals without having to worry about future power struggles and quarrels among the crew.
Why was the president who bought the territory a hypocrite?
Thomas Jefferson believed in a strict interpretation of the constitution, yet there was nothing about buying land in the constitution.
What impact did the purchase of the Louisiana territory have on the US?
It more than doubled the land of the US at the time, (while also giving us full access to the New Orleans port and the Mississippi.)
What were two positives during the expeditions?
-Created Fort Mandan
-Explored further down the Mississippi
-Created trade with Native Americans
Why were Drouillard and Ordway important?
Name TWO locations that were visited during the expedition:
-Three Marias Rivers
-Fort Mandan
-Great Falls of the Missouri River
-Gates of the Mountains
-Continental Divide
-Cascades (or any of the mountains they contain)
-Columbia Gorge
-Neutal River (Modern-Day Astoria)