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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rather than ascend the Yellowstone, the expedition instead
(a) Stayed on the Marias
(b) Continued up the Missouri
(c) Partied at te rivers' junction
(d) Cut over to the Columbia

3. The Captains inadvertently caused trouble by giving the three Indian chiefs
(a) Whiskey
(b) Beads
(c) Medals
(d) Promises

4. Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson's families have this in common.
(a) They both are avid slaveowners
(b) They smoke fresh-picked tobacco
(c) They own plantations in Virginia
(d) They are second cousins

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the hungry men gorged themselves on dried fish and roots,

2. Winter at Fort Mandan was

3. Lewis' men made wheels to drag their pirogues out of

4. Plantation owners constantly seek additional land because

5. The Shoshones were intimidated by other tribes because they

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lewis' goal in trying to make peace between the Arikaras and the Mandans? Why does he involve himself in their dispute?

2. Why did Jefferson appoint Lewis as his personal secretary?

3. The trip through the Bitterroot Mountains is a particularly gruesome time or the expedition. Starvation, rough terrain, cold and illness forces the men to take desperate measures. What were they and why didn't the expedition turn back?

4. How did the expedition manage to drag its boats over land?

5. What is Lewis' plan at this point for the remainder of the trip?

6. Why was Jefferson so interested in exploring the West?

7. Why was progress down the Ohio River so abominably slow?

8. Discuss the perception of the speed of travel in Jefferson's time in 1801.

9. Discuss the large keelboat and its journey back to St. Louis.

10. What caused the expedition's "portage" period to be longer than expected?

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