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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. Once they were on the Mississippi, Lewis and Clark decided to
(a) Make a side trip to Santa Fe
(b) Explore Missouri country
(c) Double the size of their group
(d) Study the design of Fulton's steamboat

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

3. France, having transferred the Louisiana Territory to the US, allows the expedition to
(a) Purchase guns from the French
(b) Freely trap for fur along the way
(c) Travel through American territory wihout hostility
(d) Include foreigners in the group of explorers

4. The men who served on Lewis & Clark's crew were punished for their violations by
(a) Being confined to the ship
(b) Being held in stocks
(c) Pulling extra cooking duty
(d) The laying on of lashes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis' political leanings favor

2. Meriwether Lewis has a penchant for

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

4. What was Jefferson's suggestion to Napoleon regarding New Orleans?

5. Although he is formally educated, Meriwether Lewis returns to Virginia

(see the answer key)

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