Use the worksheet your teacher gave you
to answer the following questions. Here's a link to the worksheet if you
don't have it.
Lewis and Clark Worksheet
1. Who was the President who sent Lewis
and Clark on the expedition?
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2. How much money were they given to spend
on the expedition?
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3. Many supplies were needed for this expedition.
List three examples of the following kinds of supplies:
Mathematical Instruments
Camp Supplies
Presents for Indians
Clothing
Arms and Ammunition
Medicine and Medical Supplies
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4. List the important members at the beginning
of the journey and what their main jobs were.
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5. What were the goals of the expedition?
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6. Where and when did the journey officially
begin?
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7. What did they travel in?
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8. What did Lewis and Clark spend most
of their time doing?
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9. Which Indian tribes
were the first to council with Lewis and Clark and what were the gifts
given to them?
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10. What happened
on August 20, 1804 and what did the crew do to honor him?
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11.What animal did
Lewis describe on September 7, 1804 and how did they attempt to catch
one?
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12. Describe the confrontation with the
Teton Sioux on September 25, 1804.
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13. What did they do during the first winter?
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14. What important members joined the crew
at Fort Mandan?
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15. What did they send back to St. Louis
and eventually the President?
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16. What did Lewis discover about the Great
Falls and when did he find them?
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17. What happened in late July, 1805?
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18. What would Lewis and Clark need to
get across the Continental Divide and where could they get them?
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19. How did the Shoshone Indians help the
expedition?
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20. What did the men have to eat while
in the Bitterroot Mountains?
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21. What happened on October 16, 1805?
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22. What was important about the decision
made on November 24, 1805?
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23. How did they spend their winter on
the Pacific Ocean?
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24. When did the expedition return home?
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25. On June 26, 1806 the group split in
to two groups. Where did each of them go?
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26. What happened on July 26-27, 1806?
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27. What happened on August 11, 1806?
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28. When did the expedition end? How long
had it lasted?
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29. List 10 animals, 10 plants, and 10
Indian tribes discovered by the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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30. Tell what each person gets who completed
the adventure in the Fall of 1806.
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