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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Down the Ohio September - November 1803 | Chapter 10 Up the Mississippi to Winter Camp November 1803 - March 1804.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plantation owners constantly seek additional land because
(a) They wish to be free and independent
(b) They wear out the soil with tobacco planting
(c) They want to conquer the British
(d) They want more power over the territory

2. Lewis feels that Native Americans will become civilized citizens, but
(a) Wishes they would first learn how to dress
(b) Does not believe African Americans will
(c) Thinks it will take many centuries
(d) Hopes he will not become involved in it

3. Thomas Jefferson appoints Meriweather Lewis as
(a) Secretary of Commerce
(b) Secretary of State
(c) His personal secretary
(d) Secretary of the Interior

4. Meriwether Lewis has a penchant for
(a) Poker
(b) Horse grooming
(c) Picking tobacco
(d) Rambling

5. When he reached Louisville, Kentucky, Lewis
(a) Almost gives up the journey
(b) Decides to delay the expedition
(c) Registers Indians into his crew
(d) Meets up with his partner, William Clark

Short Answer Questions

1. Among his peers, Lewis is considered

2. The voyage down the Ohio River starts out slowly because of the party's

3. Of the 5.5 million people in America during Jefferson's time,

4. Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson's families have this in common.

5. Jefferson undertook the preparation of

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