Louisiana Purchase
True or False: Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe had the authority to buy Louisiana territory for 15 million dollars
False
This city was located at the mouth of the Mississippi River
What is New Orleans?
This expedition from 1803-1806 was the first exploration of the United States newly acquired Louisiana Territory
What is the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Thomas Jefferson wanted to know more about this side of the country
What is the west?
Sacajawea, the woman with a child who joined Lewis and Clark on their journey, had this nickname
What is Bird Woman?
These 2 people agreed to pay 15 million dollars for the Louisiana Purchase
Who are Livingston and Monroe?
In 1800, the US territory expanded to this river that also protected domestic shipping interests
What is the Mississippi River?
They were chosen by Congress to be the leaders of the expedition to the west, called the Corps of Discovery
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
Thomas Jefferson proposed that American explorers cross this river, then go to the Pacific Ocean through the continent
What is the Mississippi River?
Sacajawea helped Lewis and Clark in this way on their expedition
What is by interpreting and guiding them?
This was the date when the senate approved the purchase of Louisiana
When is October 1803?
New Orleans was located at the mouth of the Mississippi River and was depended on by these people for trade
Who are the Western farmers?
Lewis and Clark kept diaries with observations of these 5 things
What are the people, the animals, plant lives, geography and information about the Western world?
During Thomas Jefferson’s presidency term, this journey was undertaken
What was the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacajawea, a woman from this tribe, helped Lewis and Clark on their journey
What is the Shoshone tribe?
This is the country that the Louisiana territory was originally owned by
What is Spain?
He was the authorized minister of France who offered 2 million for New Orleans and western Florida
Who is Robert Livingston?
On May 14, 1804, Lewis, Clark, and their cadre of men set out from this place
Where is St. Louis, Missouri?
Thomas Jefferson believed that this country gained Florida from secret agreements with Spain
What is France?
These Indian tribes were very nice to white travelers, so Lewis and Clark stayed with them from 1804 to 1805
Who are the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes?
The treaty of purchase of Louisiana was signed on this day, but was backdated to this day.
What is May 2, 1803, but backdated to April 30, 1803?
Jefferson sent this person to France to discuss buying the territory of New Orleans
Who is James Monroe?
This is the date the group on the expedition headed back to the mainland
When is September 1806?
Thomas Jefferson held this view on gaining territory too fast, but his Cabinet members disagreed with him
What is that annexing and governing the territory too fast is unconstitutional?
Lewis and Clark were treated well by this tribe, but not the Teton Sioux tribe
What is the Yankton Sioux tribe?