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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 Eulachon, which the Clatsops sold to the expedition were

2. Of Lewis' many talents, his weakness lay in

3. One of the pleasures the expedition encountered was

4. The government refused to pay Lewis' drafts for the return of Big White, ostensibly because

5. Lewis' underlying goal at this point is for America to

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the intention behind Lewis' last voyage?

2. Can we ascribe any meaning to soldiers giving Captain Clark presents for Christmas, and no mention of presents for Lewis?

3. What may Lewis have been talking about when Mrs. Grinder heard him taking to himself like a lawyer?

4. Discuss Lewis' varied capabilities that made him the perfect leader for this journey.

5. Why did the Captains make the dangerous decision to divide the men into five groups?

6. How do you think Lewis viewed his responsibility toward the governorship of the Louisiana Territory?

7. Describe the difference between the more northern Walla Walla Indians and the coastal Chinookian tribes, as Lewis perceived it.

8. Describe Lewis' desperate act in the spring of 1806.

9. Was it justifiable for Lewis to turn his publishing project into such a huge and complex undertaking?

10. What were two of the worst problems for the expedition at Clatsop? Explain

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research and write an expository essay on the rumor/legend/fact that Thomas Jefferson had an affair and a child with his black slave.

1) What is known about this rumor now? Was it true?

2) Have the relatives of this relationship surfaced, and, if so, how much credibility can we give to their stories?

3) Jefferson was never married. Can it be determined whether he was in love with this female slave?

4) Jefferson was known as something of a womanizer. If there is little factual information to support the affair, is it likely to have been true, given Jefferson's lifestyle?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an narrative essay about food and the Lewis and Clark expedition, and also speculate on the following:

1) What was principal diet of the expedition members, and why?

2) Why did they tend toward eating some foods and not others, besides the availability factors?

3) Why did they rely on purchased dried fish from the Indians, rather than catching their own fresh fish?

4) Can you think of any other foods they might have taken advantage of during sparse periods?

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