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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prior to the beginning of the journey, Jefferson issues to Lewis

3. Lewis recommended that Jefferson consider Yellowstone's junction with the Missouri as a site for

4. Proceeding downstream on wet clay, the party found the ground to be extremely

5. On their journey over the Bitterroots, Lewis and his men found

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what, exactly, was the "great father" trying to convince the Indians, under Jefferson's instructions?

2. What happened to Lewis' beloved iron-frame boat?

3. Why did it take so long for Lewis' keelboat to be built?

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

5. Why did the Shoshones hesitate to go with Lewis to meet Clark and help the expedition over the Lemhi River?

6. Why was it fortuitous that the group encountered the Nez Perce Indians?

7. Why is Sacagawea's presence valuable to the expedition?

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

9. What may have convinced Lewis and Clark that they needed to double their crew?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lewis and Clark were more famous after their deaths than during their lives. What can we learn about them this many years later?

1) Research and construct a report about all of the monuments, parks, schools and other landmarks that bear Lewis and/or Clark's names. Explain, for each, their significance.

2) In the alternative, research and report on how many of the rivers and landmarks that Lewis & Clark named still have those names. Many were changed in the years after the expedition, but some may have remained.

3) What educational insititution(s) specialize in the history of Lewis and Clark? Describe their research program and anything notable about the school.

Essay Topic 2

Write a research essay about the history of syphilis in the US:

1) What are the symptoms and effects of the disease, and the prognosis in the 1800s?

2) Was there the same level of epidemic of syphilis in Europe?

3) How was it treated in Europe?

4) What was finally discovered that got syphilis under control?

5) What famous people died during that century from syphilis?

Essay Topic 3

Lewis and Clark witness a Sioux "scalp dance" on the upper Missouri.

1) Why was the scalp dance being performed at this time? What did it mean?

2) Did the Sioux find some kind of spiritual triumph in capturing prisoners of other tribes? What was the Sioux's philosophy regarding other tribes? Was their priority their land, hunting grounds, horses, or just power? How could another tribe offend them enough to get scalped?

3) How many bands, or different groups of Sioux were in the country at that time?

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