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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33 Philadelphia April - July 1807.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jefferson undertook the preparation of
(a) Many different types of maps to guide the explorers
(b) Boats and clothing to be used by the explorers
(c) A large list of "useful knowledge" to be gathered by Lewis
(d) Food packaging for the expedition

2. Lewis puts into place a number of rules to keep order at the fort, the primary one being that
(a) No one was to carry a gun around the Indians
(b) All outsiders must leave and the fort locked at sunset
(c) No drinking was allowed within the fort
(d) There were to be no Indians within the compound

3. The primary means of overland transportation in the 1700s was
(a) Horse-drawn carriage
(b) Crude highways
(c) Antique automobiles
(d) Waterways

4. Of the 5.5 million people in America during Jefferson's time,
(a) Only one thousan were slaves
(b) Slaves form the dominant group in the west
(c) Slaves were the dominant population
(d) Approximately one million were slaves

5. Rather than the expected horses for their food, below The Dalles the expedition found
(a) Only dogs
(b) Only beaver
(c) Only vegetation
(d) Only dried fish

Short Answer Questions

1. Merriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark are

2. Old Toby told Lewis that the party could have traveled down a low pass, which would have

3. Publication of Lewis' journals would prove to be

4. At 33-years-old, Lewis had become

5. Captain Lewis has his doubts about Jefferson's hope to

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