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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. The most serious delay in starting the expedition was due to

2. Black Buffalo was a chief of the

3. Clark's attitude toward hostile Indian tribes was

4. Lewis travels extensively through the western frontiers in his position as

5. Lewis' political leanings favor

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were the Captains' gifts considered insufficient by the Teton Sioux Indians?

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

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

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

6. Given that he was an educated man, how can we account for Lewis' lack of spelling ability?

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

8. Was Sacagawea treated with the respect she was due?

9. What in Lewis' childhood may have contributed to his later accomplishments?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would it have influenced Meriwether Lewis if he could have seen into the future? Write an informal essay about what changed after his death, such as.

1) Jefferson did not realize that the means of transportation would become faster and more reliable than travel by horse.

2) He did not know that Jefferson would expect him to take complete responsibility for publishing his scientific journals.

3) Some of Jefferson's wild inventions would become reality.

4) The country actually would become one nation under one government.

5) The Indians would be subdued and all but wiped out by the government.

6) There would be many thousands of Americans moving west and settling.

7) Britain and France would no longer occupy parts of America.

Essay Topic 2

Lewis was a Republican; Clark married into a Federalist family. In an essay, explain the differences between the two parties. Compare and contrast:

1) The parties' basic philosophies

2) Their political platforms and future goals

3) How much volatility existed between them

4) Can the parties be compared to our currently existing two parties? How?

4) Name some famous Republicans and Federalists, besides those in the book

Essay Topic 3

Write an exploratory essay about the esteemed American Philosophical Society, and try to answer the following questions:

1) Who established it, and when

2) Its purpose

3) Who belonged to it of note

4) What it accomplished or contributed

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