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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Lewis' political leanings favor
(a) Federalist thinking
(b) Socialism
(c) Republic philosophies
(d) Democrat party

4. Lewis recommended that Jefferson consider Yellowstone's junction with the Missouri as a site for
(a) A trading post
(b) A new township
(c) The new western capital
(d) A military installation

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

6. The two captains try to decide among two large river forks, which is the true
(a) Columbia
(b) Yellowstone
(c) Missouri
(d) Marias

7. On some of the worst days of the expedition the men were forced to
(a) Eat the meat of a colt
(b) Pray for their safety
(c) Eat berries for dinner
(d) Cuddle together for warmth

8. Jefferson's interest in sending an expedition westward was to find
(a) Unknown Native American tribes
(b) Rare birds and plants
(c) A water connection between both continental coasts
(d) New and unknown species of wild animals

9. Although he is formally educated, Meriwether Lewis returns to Virginia
(a) To manage the family plantation
(b) To coordinate the education of his sister
(c) At the behest of Thomas Jefferson
(d) To care for his ailing mother

10. The keelboat was replaced by pirogues and canoes at this point in the journey because
(a) t was needed for storage
(b) It was obsolete and rusting
(c) It was too large to navigate the upper Missouri River
(d) Lewis feared frightening the Indians

11. Lewis was under the assumption that the Shoshones would want to trade horses for
(a) White men's guns
(b) Tobacco and whiskey
(c) Furs and hides
(d) Trinkets and beads

12. Andre Michaux was selected to lead an expedition west until Jefferson discovered that
(a) Michaux's interests lay in his own personal wealth
(b) Michaux was incapable of understanding his peers
(c) Michaux was under educated
(d) Michaux was an agent of the French government

13. Lewis was instructed by Sacagawea that, in Shoshone, "tab-ba-bone" meant
(a) Let us trade
(b) White man
(c) We are hungry
(d) We want peace

14. The men in the expedition were bound by the knowledge
(a) They were dependent on Lewis
(b) They needed to return safely
(c) They might not survive
(d) They were making history

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis and Clark's meeting with Daniel Boone is a matter of

2. In the Spring at Fort Mandan, Lewis felt that the expedition was really

3. Clark's feet sufferred from wounds made by

4. Lewis and Clark wanted Indian chiefs to go to Washington so they could

5. Many outlying Mandan villages are abandoned due to

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