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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 Entering Indian Country August 1804 | Chapter 14 Encounter with the Sioux September 1804.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Jefferson's time, Americans were obsessed with the concept of
(a) Documenting the Native American tribes
(b) Exploring the vast interior of the country
(c) Impeaching Thomas Jefferson
(d) Making peace with Native Americans

2. Black Buffalo was a chief of the
(a) Tetons
(b) Arikara
(c) Sioux
(d) Omahas

3. Clark's attitude toward hostile Indian tribes was
(a) To always take them by surprise
(b) To do everything possible to avoid a fight
(c) To intimidate the tribes with their new model guns
(d) To alarm the Indians into submission

4. In addition to the enlisted men, the group included York, who was
(a) An expert in firearms
(b) A cartographer and explorer
(c) William Clark's long-time slave
(d) An expert hunter and trapper

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

Short Answer Questions

1. France, having transferred the Louisiana Territory to the US, allows the expedition to

2. Meriwether Lewis has a penchant for

3. Lewis feels that Native Americans will become civilized citizens, but

4. The Captains inadvertently caused trouble by giving the three Indian chiefs

5. Even as a private, Lewis is accepted among military officers because

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