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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. Meriwether Lewis named Marias River after
2. Clark noted that he was concerned that the expedition had insufficient
3. Lewis feels that Native Americans will become civilized citizens, but
4. Lewis felt that meeting the Snake Indians could determine
5. The men who served on Lewis & Clark's crew were punished for their violations by
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the large keelboat and its journey back to St. Louis.
2. Why was Lewis angry with Drouillard and Shields after seeing a young Indian?
3. Why was it fortuitous that the group encountered the Nez Perce Indians?
4. Discuss Lewis' mental meanderings on his 32nd birthday.
5. Why was Jefferson so interested in exploring the West?
6. What is Lewis' plan at this point for the remainder of the trip?
7. Given that he was an educated man, how can we account for Lewis' lack of spelling ability?
8. 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?
9. What may have convinced Lewis and Clark that they needed to double their crew?
10. What was ironic about the government's response to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?
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 critical essay about Thomas Jefferson and his wild ideas of a water route to the Pacific.
1) What were Jefferson's motives? Were they mercenary? Why did he want to be the one to find the passage?
2) Do you feel Jefferson sacrificed Lewis, knowing that the odds were against his returning safely?
3) Did Jefferson desert Lewis in his time of need? Did he fight for him after he left office when his vouchers were in question?
4) Why did Jefferson lay the burden of publishing the data on Lewis personally, and later on Clark?
Essay Topic 3
Sacagawea's notoriety as one of the the expedition members only came about through history after she was gone. Write a narrative to examine the following:
1)What were her major contributions to the expedition?
2) Was she afforded special treatment?
3) Were her interpreter's skills used wisely? When? Could they have been better used?
4) Was the presence of her child a distraction to the expedition? Did it not create extra work in the portage process?
5) Was the identify of Cameahwait as Sacagawea's brother surprising? Why did she not leave, or stay, with him?
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