Thomas Jefferson
The President of the United States that purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Our current state that is among the Louisiana Purchase.
What is Missouri?
A famous phrase that started the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
What is the Jumping off Point?
A form of transportation that improved water travel
the steam boat
This person was hired by Thomas Jefferson to lead a journey to search the west.
What is Captain Meriwether Lewis?
The country that Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory.
What is France?
The President that purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the form of transportation of the Jumping Off Point.
What is wagon train?
one form of communication that improved the mail
The Pony Express
Meriwether Lewis hired this person to help lead the expedition.
What is Captain William Clark?
The Ocean in which Thomas Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to reach.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This territory resulted the doubling of the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Why did people call Missouri the "Jumping off point"
Pioneers felt as if they were jumping off of the map.
one form of transportation that allowed people to send items
What is freight wagons
This person nearly died while climbing a bluff overlooking the Missouri River.
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to meet these people and establish a "friendship".
Who are the American Indians?
The country which Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory
What is France?
A City which is located at the Jumping Off Location.
What is St. Louis?
The communication that made it possible to talk to people without traveling
what is the telegraph
What were some of the challenges of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery?
Cold winters and mountain passes
Dangerous wild animals like Grizzly bears
Lack of food/ starvation
Jefferson spent this amount on the Louisiana Territory.
What is 15 million dollars?
Name two Missouri rivers included in the Louisiana Territory.
What is the Missouri River and Mississippi River?
Some common items pioneers had at the Jumping Off Point
What are food supplies?
What are water supplies?
The fastest form of transportation
what is the railroad
What were some of the results of of Lewis and Clark's Journey?
They made maps for future travelers
They discovered new animals and plants
They made relationships with Native Americans