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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 32 Washington January - March 1807.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thomas Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis
(a) Speaker of the House
(b) Secretary of State
(c) Secretary of the Interior
(d) As governor of the Lousiana Territory

2. Lewis and Clark wanted Indian chiefs to go to Washington so they could
(a) See how wealthy white men lived in the states
(b) Express their displeasure with the white man
(c) Display themselves to Congress
(d) Meet their new father

3. Lewis wrongly let the Blackfoot warriors know that
(a) His horses numbered in the hundreds
(b) He had guns and liquor back at camp
(c) Their enemies had organized an alliance with America
(d) His men had killed many buffalo

4. Lewis seriously wanted to avoid
(a) Any further loss of equipment
(b) Having to turn back again for food
(c) Any further exploration of the Marias
(d) Meeting up with the Blackfeet

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jefferson's interest in sending an expedition westward was to find

2. Lewis realized that he was facing sixteen miles of portage, meaning

3. Lewis' attitude toward gold during this expedition was one of

4. Lewis felt that meeting the Snake Indians could determine

5. With hostile Blackfeet behind and him hostile Sioux ahead, Lewis learns that

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